EJPR launches virtual issue on populism

For decades the phenomenon of populism has either laid dormant or existed in the shadows of the related, but not always similar, phenomenon of the radical right.

At least since the double shocks of Brexit and Trump in 2016, populism has taken center stage in many analyses of democratic politics in general, and European politics in particular. Fortunately, this study, which is attracting a lot of new junior and senior scholars, does not have to start from scratch.

Special issue

‘This virtual special issue of the European Journal of Political Research presents a collection of the key articles on populism published in the journal over the past ten years.

It includes a broad range of different methodological approaches and thematic issues, focusing on populism as a dependent and independent variable.

We hope these studies will inspire and help future research on populism, and look forward to publishing more cutting-edge work in this journal.’— Cas Mudde, editor of EJPR

ECPR Panel on Anti-Establishment Politics at APSA 2018

If you're researching in the field of populism, you may be interested to know that the ECPR Panel at this year's Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association is entitled European and American Democracy and its Discontents: the Origins, Nature and Impact of Anti-Establishment Politics.

The Meeting takes place in Boston, Massachusetts, from 30 August – 2 September, and you can submit Papers to this Panel until Tuesday 16 January.