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Title: Brexit: A Case Study of Populist and Personalized Politics
Authors: Numan, Berna (Supervisor)
Köylüoğlu, Halil Hürkan
Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Business and Economics, Dept. of Political Science and International Relations
Keywords: International Relations
European Union--Great Britain--Membership
Great Britain--Foreign relations--European Union countries
Great Britain--Politics and government
Europe--Politics and government
Euroscepticism
populism
personalisation of politics
Brexit referendum
United Kingdom
Issue Date: Feb-2022
Publisher: Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ)
Citation: Köylüoğlu, Halil Hürkan. (2022). Brexit: A Case Study of Populist and Personalized Politics. Thesis (M.A.), Eastern Mediterranean University, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Dept. of International Relations, Famagusta: North Cyprus.
Abstract: Populism is a concept that has been discussed a lot in the literature, both theoretically and ideologically. While attention to populism increased, the term continued to be contested. Using a qualitative content analysis method, this thesis looks at the Brexit referendum period in the UK to understand the nature and extent of populist discourses. The study covers the period of 1st of January 2014 to 31st of July 2016 and uses newspaper content from Daily Mail, Daily Mirror and The Times. The most recent populist trend that developed in Europe and the world started to strongly affect the United Kingdom with the Brexit referendum. In the 1980s, the fact that some political groups and actors in Britain began to take a negative attitude towards Europe with Euroscepticism directly impacted the referendum process, along with the populism movements in Europe and America during the referendum process. Most importantly, the Brexit referendum process illustrated that populism was coupled with another political trend: the personalization of politics. The prominence of individual political actors and the fact that populist discourse led by particular individuals such as Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson showed the emergence of this shift in cleavage structures in the UK besides the effects of populism. The study demonstrates that there is a significant level of personalisation of politics during the Brexit referendum. Keywords: Euroscepticism, populism, personalisation of politics, Brexit referendum, United Kingdom
ÖZ: Popülizm, literatürde hem teorik hem de ideolojik olarak çokça tartışılan bir terimdir. Birçok bilim insanı popülizmi tanımlarken her zaman kavramı konjonktürel ele alarak bir sonuca varmaya çalışmıştır. Avrupa'da ve dünyada gelişen popülizm akımı, Brexit referandumu ile Birleşik Krallık'ta da güçlü bir şekilde etkisini göstermeye başladı. 1980'lerde İngiltere'deki bazı siyasi grup ve aktörlerin Avrupa şüpheciliği ile Avrupa'ya karşı olumsuz bir tavır almaya başlaması, referandum sürecinde Avrupa ve Amerika'daki popülizm hareketleriyle birlikte referandum sürecini doğrudan etkilemiştir. Ancak Brexit referandumu sürecinde siyasi gruplardan farklı olarak siyasi aktörlerin öne çıkması ve popülizmin bireyler tarafından yapılması İngiltere için popülizmin yanında farklı bir konunun ortaya çıkmasına neden oldu: siyasetin kişiselleştirilmesi. Bu çalışmanın sonucunda da Brexit referandumu sırasında ciddi seviyede siyasetin kişiselleştirilmesi ile ilgili bulgular saptanmıştır. Anahtar Kelimeler: Avrupa şüpheciliği, popülizm, siyasetin kişiselleştirilmesi, Brexit referandumu, Birleşik Krallık
Description: Master of Arts in International Relations. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research. Thesis (M.A.) - Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Business and Economics, Dept. of Political Science and International Relations, 2022. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Berna Numan.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11129/5795
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