Last update: PhDr. Gabriela Baranyaiová (05.10.2022)
Seminar Times and Readings
1+2) Introduction and Conceptual Framework (17.10. 9.30-12.30, Room 315)
Compulsory readings:
Mudde, Cas (2007). Populist Radical Right Parties in Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press. [11-31]
Pirro, Andrea L. P. (2022). Far right: The significance of an umbrella concept. Nations and
Nationalism. Online First.
Canovan, Margaret (1999). Trust the People! Populism and the Two Faces of Democracy.
Political Studies 47(1), 2-16.
Recommended reading:
Bustikova, Lenka, and Petra Guasti (2017). The Illiberal Turn or Swerve in Central
Europe? Politics and Governance 5(4), 166-176.
3+4) Causes (18.10. 11.00-13.50, Room 312)
Compulsory readings:
Arzheimer, Kai (2018). Explaining Electoral Support for the Radical Right. In Rydgren,
Jens (ed), The Oxford Handbook of the Radical Right. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
143-165.
Weisskircher, Manès (2020). The Strength of Far-Right AfD in Eastern Germany: The
East-West Divide and the Multiple Causes behind ‘Populism’. The Political Quarterly
91(3), 614-622.
Recommended reading:
Stanley, Ben, and Mikołaj Cześnik (2022). Uninformed or informed populists? The
relationship between political knowledge, socio-economic status and populist attitudes in
Poland. East European Politics 38(1), 43-60.
Chueri, Juliana, and Anna Damerow (2022). Closing the gap: how descriptive and
substantive representation affect women’s vote for populist radical right parties. West
European Politics. Online First.
5) Ideology (19.10. 8.00-9.30, Room 314)
Compulsory readings:
De Lange, Sarah L. (2007). A New Winning Formula? The Programmatic Appeal of the
Radical Right. Party Politics 13(4), 411-435.
Minkenberg, Michael (2017). The Radical Right in Eastern Europe. Democracy under
Siege? New York: Palgrave Macmillan. [67-97]
Recommended reading:
Küppers, Anne (2022). ‘Climate-Soviets,’ ‘Alarmism,’ and ‘Eco-Dictatorship’: The Framing
of Climate Change Scepticism by the Populist Radical Right Alternative for Germany.
German Politics. Online First.
6) Organisation (19.10. 11.00-12.30, Room 301)
Compulsory reading:
Heinisch, Reinhard, and Oscar Mazzoleni. 2016. Comparing Populist Organizations. In
Heinisch, Reinhard, and Oscar Mazzoleni (eds), Understanding Populist Party
Organisation. The Radical Right in Western Europe. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 221-
246.
Recommended readings:
Van Kessel, Stijn, and Daniele Albertazzi (2021). Right‐Wing Populist Party Organisation
Across Europe: The Survival of the Mass‐Party? Conclusion to the Thematic Issue.
Politics and Governance 9(4), 365-370.
Berntzen, Lars Erik, and Manès Weisskircher (2016). Anti-Islamic PEGIDA Beyond
Germany: Explaining Differences in Mobilisation. Journal of Intercultural Studies 37(6),
556-573.
Pirro, Andrea L. P., and Dániel Róna (2019). Far-right activism in Hungary: youth
participation in Jobbik and its network. European Societies 21(4), 603-626.
7+8+9) Impact (20.10. 8.00-12.30, Room 405)
Compulsory readings:
Art, David (2007). Reacting to the Radical Right: Lessons from Germany and Austria.
Party Politics 13(3), 331-349.
Heinze, Anna-Sophie (2022). Dealing with the populist radical right in parliament:
Mainstream party responses towards the Alternative for Germany. European Political
Science Review 14(3), 333-350.
Akkerman, Tjitske, and Sarah L. de Lange (2012). Radical Right Parties in Office:
Incumbency Records and the Electoral Cost of Governing. Government and Opposition
47(4), 574-592.
Recommended readings:
De Jonge, Léonie (2019). The Populist Radical Right and the Media in the Benelux:
Friend or Foe? The International Journal of Press/Politics 24(2), 189-209.
Lundberg, Erik (2021). Guardians of Democracy? On the Response of Civil Society
Organisations to Right-Wing Extremism. Scandinavian Political Studies 44(2), 170-194.
10+11) Mainstreaming and Research Perspectives (21.10. 8.00-10.50, Room 405)
Compulsory readings:
Brown, Katy, Aurelien Mondon, and Aaron Winter (2021). The far right, the mainstream
and mainstreaming: towards a heuristic framework. Journal of Political Ideologies. Online
First.
Mudde, Cas (2019). The Far Right Today. Cambridge: Polity Press. [Chapter 10: Twelve
Theses on the Fourth Wave]
Recommended reading:
Castelli Gattinara, Pietro (2020). The study of the far right and its three E’s: why
scholarship must go beyond Eurocentrism, Electoralism and Externalism. French Politics
18(2), 314-333.