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The power of populism: the Greek case

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2026

Christos Lyrintzis
Christos Lyrintzis*
Affiliation:
The Athens University, 19, Omirou, Athens 10672, Greece
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Abstract

PASOK's rise to power as well as its performance in office are analyzed in terms of the party's ability to construct a populist discourse. The political context and the structure of Greek society are presented as the main factors that enabled PASOK to articulate a populist discourse. It is argued that PASOK's performance in office served to expose its populist logic and that the party's policies in the field of the economy, labour and education show how populism affects political practice. PASOK's vagueness and contradictory policies are not accidental but the result of a populist logic that developed within specific social conditions and serves specific interests.

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Research Article
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European Journal of Political Research , Volume 15 , Issue 6 , November 1987 , pp. 667 - 686
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Copyright © 1987 Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht

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