216 Citations
An Assessment of the threat of Right-Wing Populism in the European Parliament
- Political Science
- 2019
Over 500 million citizens in Europe are affected by the decisions taken at the European Union. However, the complexities of this supranational institution have people feeling voiceless and disengag…
Does the Scale or Speed of Immigration Generate Nativism? Evidence from a Comparison of New Zealand Regions
- Sociology, EconomicsJournal on Migration and Human Security
- 2021
Nativism, the belief that the rights of those who came first should be prioritized over immigrants, is an increasingly important driver of the rise of far-right populism. It is also leading to hate…
Angry tweets A corpus-assisted study of anger in populist political discourse
- Sociology
- 2021
The rise of populism has turned researchers’ attention to the importance of affect in politics. This is a corpus-assisted study investigating lexis in the semantic domain of anger and violence in…
From ‘Brexhaustion’ to ‘Covidiots’: the UK United Kingdom and the Populist Future
- Political Science
- 2021
It is argued that British populism should be seen not as a temporary phenomenon in response to specific events and conditions, but as a fluid, amorphous and heterogeneous ‘new normal’ which is now becoming the defining characteristic of British politics.
A Cultural Sociology of Populism
- Political Science, SociologyInternational Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society
- 2020
This article interrogates dominant definitions of “populism” found in the social sciences, focusing on the term’s conceptual utility in understanding recent changes in Western polities. Though…
Liberal education in turbulent times: Policy, pedagogy and their effects in European comparison
- Political Science, Education
- 2020
Europe has seen a national populist turn in recent years, a movement away from liberal elites and the rise of ‘post-truth’ politics. While populist parties may have passed the high point of their…
What's left after right‐wing extremism? The effects on political orientation
- Political ScienceEuropean Journal of Political Research
- 2022
Does radical right political violence favour or hinder public support for right-wing stances? Numerous existing studies have demonstrated that Islamic terrorism provokes a conservative shift,…
Scotland and England’s colliding nationalisms: neoliberalism and the fracturing of the United Kingdom
- SociologyBritish Politics
- 2021
This paper explores the growing divide between Scotland and England, a schism that was beginning to take form with Scottish devolution and which has grown exponentially since the Independence…
Populist electoral competition in Italy: the impact of sub-national contextual factors
- Sociology
- 2021
ABSTRACT This article investigates the impact of sub-national contextual variations on the performance of populist actors in a country in which several electorally relevant populist parties exist:…
Brexit and Trump: contesting new cleavage formation
- Sociology, Political Science
- 2020
ABSTRACT The 2016 referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU and the election of Donald Trump in the US are seen to have exposed fundamental social divisions and acute political antagonisms. While…