Seminar Times and Readings
1) Introduction and Conceptual Framework (Monday 3.3. 2025, 17:00-18:20; C520)
Compulsory readings:
Mudde, Cas (2007). Populist Radical Right Parties in Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [11–31]
Pirro, Andrea L. P. (2023). Far right: The significance of an umbrella concept. Nations and Nationalism 29(1): 101–112.
Recommended reading:
Canovan, Margaret (1999). Trust the People! Populism and the Two Faces of Democracy. Political Studies 47(1): 2–16.
2) Causes (Tuesday 4.3.2025, 12:30-13:50; C520)
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:
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 46(5): 928–946.
3) Ideology (Tuesday 4.3.2025, 14:00-15:20; C520)
Compulsory readings:
Rovny, Jan, and Jonathan Polk (2020). Still blurry? Economic salience, position and voting for radical right parties in Western Europe. European Journal of Political Research 59(2): 248–268.
Minkenberg, Michael (2017). The Radical Right in Eastern Europe. Democracy under Siege? New York: Palgrave Macmillan. [67–97]
Recommended readings:
Küppers, Anne (2024). ‘Climate-Soviets,’ ‘Alarmism,’ and ‘Eco-Dictatorship’: The Framing of Climate Change Scepticism by the Populist Radical Right Alternative for Germany. German Politics 33(1): 1–21.
Michael, Aleš (2024). Moralism without populism? The salience of corruption in the electoral manifestos and legislature speeches of Czech and Slovak parties. Parliamentary Affairs. Online First.
4) Organisation and Mobilisation (Wednesday 5.3.2025, 11:00-12:20; B329)
Compulsory readings:
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.
Castelli Gattinara, Pietro, Caterina Froio, and Andrea L. P. Pirro (2022). Far-right protest mobilisation in Europe: Grievances, opportunities and resources. European Journal of Political Research 61(4): 1019–1041.
Recommended reading:
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.
5) Youth Wings (Wednesday 5.3.2025, 12:30-13:50; B329)
Compulsory readings:
Heinze, Anna-Sophie (2025). Drivers of radicalisation? The development and role of the far-right youth organisation ‘Young Alternative’ in Germany. International Political Science Review 46(1): 108–124.
Ammassari, Sofia, Duncan McDonnell, and Marco Valbruzzi (2023). It’s about the type of career: The political ambition gender gap among youth wing members. European Journal of Political Research 62(4): 1054–1077.
6) Impact: Role of Parties (Thursday 6.3.2025, 14:00-15:20; B317)
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.
Recommended reading:
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.
7) Impact: In Government (Thursday 6.3.2025, 15:30-16:50; C523)
Compulsory readings:
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.
Chueri, Juliana (2021). Social policy outcomes of government participation by radical right parties. Party Politics 27(6): 1092–1104.
Recommended reading:
Paxton, Fred (2023). Restrained Radicals. Populist Radical Right Parties in Local Government. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Chapter 4: Do They Make a Difference? The Policy Impact of Populist Radical Right Parties in Local Power]
8) Mainstreaming and Research Perspectives (Friday 7.3.2025, 9:30-10:50; C520)
Compulsory readings:
Brown, Katy, Aurelien Mondon, and Aaron Winter (2023). The far right, the mainstream and mainstreaming: towards a heuristic framework. Journal of Political Ideologies 28(2): 162–179.
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.
Poslední úprava: Průdková Karolína, Mgr. (04.02.2025)
