Much has been said theoretically about whether populism corrects the limitations of
democracies, or instead damages their foundations. Yet we still know very little about how …

The organisation of populist radical right parties significantly shapes their long-term electoral
success. Within this party family, great organisational variation can be found, with the …

This chapter studies the role of far-right movement-party strategies during the COVID-19
pandemic by examining the case of the Alternative for Germany (AfD). Almost since the …

What is the relationship between populism and the environment? Existing research answers
this question by identifying empirical patterns emerging from the positions of specific …

The global economy is now under extremely severe pressure from a great variety of
geopolitical, economic, social, environmental, and public health challenges. Over the past …

This book is a revised version of my doctoral thesis, which was accepted by the Ludwig-
Maximilians-Universität München in 2022. Over the past decade, the references to populism …

Democratic politics in many parts of the world seems increasingly characterised by intense
emotions, bitter divisions and growing polarisation. Amidst this charged political atmosphere …

Populism is a global phenomenon that has been widely debated in academia (particularly in
political science), the media, and politics for decades. This has led to many different …

Autocracy appears to be on the advance. By the same token, democracy is losing ground.
Governmental authority is veering to what used to be referred to, in the traditional coordinate …

The current political moment in Japan is characterized by two diver-gent trends, both
originating in the triple disaster of March 2011. On the one hand, the reactor meltdown in the …