POPULIST ELITES IN POST-COMMUNIST ROMANIA
POPULIST ELITES IN POST-COMMUNIST ROMANIA

Summary/Abstract: The main goal of this article is to analyze from the point of view of political psychology the situation in which elites identify with the neo-populism phenomenon in present-day Romania. Neo-populism, a concept defined in the early 21st century is common in Latin America, but also in Western Europe where it is embedded in various degrees of intensity. Moreover, the neo-populist phenomenon surpasses the semantic dimension of the well-known populism of the 20th century that has manifested itself within the national and extremist movements. In contrast with this phenomenon, neo-populism manifests itself directly in connection with the expansion of the globalization process, which includes the enormous income of mass-media in its equation. It has been brought on through the spread of talk-shows, political soap-operas and scandalous publications. The article will try to reveal the specificity of the Romanian case by taking into consideration theories and other scientific approaches that have dealt with the evolution of this phenomenon and at the same time offer an informative benchmark regarding the muddled information that has been hidden under the current situation of political elites.

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