Michael Kranert is a lecturer in sociolinguistics at the University of Southampton, UK.

Explores possible connections between populism and nationalism as well as different forms of populism (left/right, inclusive/exclusive)

Demonstrates the tensions between different schools of thought, especially in their application to so-called populist discourses

Presents case studies from international contexts including Austria, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Ecuador, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Ukraine, the UK, and the USA

Gives a thorough overview of discourse-theoretical and discourse-analytical approaches to populism

Part I: Populism as an Essentially Contested Concept in Academic and Political Discourse.- Chapter 1: Introduction: Discursive Approaches to Populism Across Disciplines (Michael Kranert).- Chapter 2: When Populists Call Populists Populists: 'Populism' and 'Populist' as Political Keywords in German and British Political Discourse (Michael Kranert).- Part II: Populist and Nationalist Discourses: Links and Tensions.- Chapter 3: The Impossible Totality of Ukraine's 'People': On the Populist Discourse of the Ukrainian Maidan (Olga Baysha).- Chapter 4: Sri Lanka Between Triumph and Defeat: Studying Populism and Authoritarianism Within Presidential Rhetoric (Anne Gaul).- Part III: Populist Discourse and the Politics of (Post-)Truth.- Chapter 5: Trump's Text Appeal: Vague Language in Post-Truth Politics (Natalia Knoblock).- Chapter 6: Social Media and the Concept of Interpellation (Michael Brandmayr).- Chapter 7: Archetypal Populism: The 'Intellectual Dark Web' and the 'Peterson Paradox' (Darren Kelsey).- Chapter 8: On the Retreat of Liberal Values and Access to Discourse: Extending Post-Foundational Discourse Theory (Nikola A. Venkov).- Part IV: Populist Discourse and Discourses of Gender and Sexuality.- Chapter 9: On Behalf of the Family and 'the People': The Right-Wing Populist Repertoire in Croatia (Katja Kahlina).- Part V: Populist Discourse as Left-Wing and Right-Wing Political Discourse.- Chapter 10: Populism and Nationalism in Jeremy Corbyn's Discourse (Massimiliano Demata).- Chapter 11: Using Mass and Pop Culture to Dominate Political Discourse: How the Left-Wing Party Podemos Conquered Spanish Living Rooms with IKEA (Sandra Issel-Dombert).- Chapter 12: Republican Populism and Marxist Populism: Perspectives from Ecuador and Bolivia (Pierre Yves Cadalen).- Chapter 13: The (Re)Birth of Far-Right Populism in Australia: The Appeal of Pauline Hanson's Persuasive Definitions (Ben Fenton Smith).- Part VI: Populist Discourse Across the Political Spectrum.- Chapter 14: Caught Between Populism, Elitism and Pluralism: A Method for Political Discourse Analysis (Carola Schoor).- Chapter 15: Populism as Mainstream Politicians' Political Style During the 2012 Greek Election Campaign (Argyro Kantara).- Chapter 16: Another Populism is Possible: Popular Politics and the Anti-Colonial Struggle (Nkululeko Mabandla and Ana Deumert).