Populism and Polarisation in Contested Times

Abstract

Papers in this panel explore populism, polarisation, and their relationship with political representation. Papers consider, among other things, gender and anti-gender claim-making by populist parties, the role of national identity in political representation, the effects of incivility on descriptive and substantive representation for underrepresented groups, and the broader question of populist claim-making to represent ‘the people’ in an unmediated way. The papers in this panel offer a range of empirical and theoretical insights into populism and polarisation in contested times.

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Standing For and Acting Against? Hybrid Representation in Far-Right (Anti-)Gender Politics	View Paper Details
The Role of National Identity in Electoral Discourse	View Paper Details
The Intersectional Costs of Incivility: Descriptive and Substantive Representation in Polarised Times	View Paper Details
Strategic Variations in Anti-Gender Rhetoric: Representative Claims by Populist Radical Right Parties in Germany	View Paper Details
THE POPULIST FALLACY: Hobbes on Popular Authorization and the Impossibility of Unmediated Sovereignty	View Paper Details