We review the literature on the rise of identity politics and populism in Europe. Populist
parties have gained large vote shares since the Great Recession of 2008. We observe in …

How has populism transformed party systems in Europe? I survey the varieties of populism,
the sources of their support and the different ways that they appeal to voters. I use data from …

Does the rise of populist parties of the right and left indicate the fading of the traditional left–
right cleavage and the rise of a new transnational cleavage? Our analysis finds evidence of …

The article comparatively examines the levels of populism exhibited by parties in Western
Europe. It relies on a quantitative content analysis of press releases collected in the context …

Populism is best understood as a symptom of growing dissatisfaction with democracy, which
emerges when citizens believe that political institutions are unwilling or unable to respond to …

Populism is a dynamic phenomenon. Yet scholars studying populism in post-communist
Europe have often treated their topic as static. For example, in the 1990s researchers …

Using individual data on voting and political parties manifestos in European countries, we
study the drivers of voting for populist parties (the demand side) as well as the presence of …

Populism is a concept that is currently in vogue among political commentators and, more
often than not, used pejoratively. The phenomenon of populism is typically seen as …

In this lecture, I lay out my approach to populism, which falls within the now dominant
'ideational approach'of populism, discuss the complex relationship between populism and …

Political competition in some member states of the European Union has shifted to issues of
identity as populist parties take positions defending “the people.” This symposium …