The subject of this dissertation is populism. Specifically, post-imperial populism, and whether being a post-imperial country lends itself to the development of populism by feeding a yearning for the past; if does, what the “trigger” for this are.
The hypothesis is that, in post-imperial countries such as Turkey or England the myths of the past feed into populist attitudes that for the most part remain dormant. They are awoken by the framing that is employed by political actors and or the issues involved.
