@article{778129,
      recid = {778129},
      author = {Mudde, Cas. and Papasarantopoulos, Petros.},
      title = {SYRIZA : the Failure of the Populist Promise.},
      publisher = {Springer International Publishing,},
      address = {Cham :},
      pages = {1 online resource (112 pages).},
      year = {2016},
      abstract = {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. Cas Mudde is Associate Professor  at the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) at  the University of Georgia, USA, and Researcher at the  Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX) at the University  of Oslo, Norway. He is a leading expert on the far right  and populism in Europe.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/778129},
}