Syriza: The Failure Of The Populist Promise (reform And Transition In The Mediterranean)
by Cas Mudde /
2016 / English / PDF
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This book studies the rollercoaster first year in office of the
Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), which for many
Europeans constituted the hope for a different Europe, beyond
austerity and national egocentrism. Through a collection of
sharp and short articles and interviews that critically
chronicle the rapid rise of SYRIZA, the author argues that
SYRIZA is not so much a new European phenomenon, but rather a
rejuvenated form of an old Greek phenomenon, left populism,
which overpromises and seldom delivers. By putting the
phenomenon of SYRIZA within a broader Greek and European
context, in which political extremism and populism are
increasingly threatening liberal democracy, Mudde argues that
Greece is neither a new Weimar Germany nor the future of
Europe. As SYRIZA has failed to bring the change it promised,
the only remaining question now is whether it can establish
itself in the Greek party system. This book will be of use to
students and scholars interested in Greek politics, comparative
politics, populism, and extremism.
This book studies the rollercoaster first year in office of the
Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), which for many
Europeans constituted the hope for a different Europe, beyond
austerity and national egocentrism. Through a collection of
sharp and short articles and interviews that critically
chronicle the rapid rise of SYRIZA, the author argues that
SYRIZA is not so much a new European phenomenon, but rather a
rejuvenated form of an old Greek phenomenon, left populism,
which overpromises and seldom delivers. By putting the
phenomenon of SYRIZA within a broader Greek and European
context, in which political extremism and populism are
increasingly threatening liberal democracy, Mudde argues that
Greece is neither a new Weimar Germany nor the future of
Europe. As SYRIZA has failed to bring the change it promised,
the only remaining question now is whether it can establish
itself in the Greek party system. This book will be of use to
students and scholars interested in Greek politics, comparative
politics, populism, and extremism.
