🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.104
📉 @mebergman.bsky.social of @ecprpovb.bsky.social reveals how valence #populism has a potential electoral disadvantage.
🗳️ Non-ideological messages focussed on good governance may broaden appeal, but lacking an ideological core can also cost votes.
👉️ bit.ly/47zmQr0
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🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.23
🧠 Understanding support for populist parties
📊 @robert-a-huber.bsky.social, @cerpintaxt.bsky.social & @christinajuen.bsky.social
show how thinking beyond a single left–right divide helps reveal the real drivers behind support for populist parties
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🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.23
🔍 Populist radical-right voters do not have a monopoly on nostalgia
🧠 @versteegenluca.bsky.social challenges the idea that political nostalgia belongs only to the populist radical right
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🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.35
Populists in power, constitutional change, and democratic backsliding
⚖️ @jasminskoenig.bsky.social & @tswalve.bsky.social examine how populist governments can drive constitutional reforms and what that means for democratic resilience.
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🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.8
@mlewandowsky.bsky.social uses his & @cerpintaxt.bsky.social
research to argue that scholars should study the “invisible coalition” of illiberal sentiments that help elect anti-liberal actors, paying more attention to democratic indifference & authoritarian orientations
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🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.48
✅ #PopulistRadicalRight parties aren’t just reshaping domestic politics — their strategies can undermine liberal democracy and the very basis for international cooperation according to Motoshi Suzuki
🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.103
🐧 After the #NihilistPenguin went viral, extreme-right accounts started using the meme to spread nationalist content.
📱Federico Taddei argues when the alt-right exploits them, even apolitical social media trends can carry serious political implications.
👉️ bit.ly/4s3oadS
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🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.55
Annika Lindholm & Lauri Rapeli argue that everyday unhappiness acts as a psychological cue shaping political preferences and should be a central focus in #Populism research
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🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.94
🗣️ #Populist rhetoric often pits a virtuous people against a corrupt elite.
But @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social, @robert-a-huber.bsky.social and Andrej Zaslove ask: who exactly are the people and the elite in #PopulistParties’ eyes 👀?
➡️ ow.ly/lz4450VZQNg
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🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.84
✅#Populist attitudes are responsive to perceived improvements in the democratic system
Marie Theuwis & Rosa Kindt argue that this makes them a useful means to assess democratic quality using EPSR research by C. R. Kaltwasser & @steven-vanhauwaert.bsky.social
🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.102
📃 Independent local lists are often seen as a sign of democratic community organisation.
📈 @fredpaxton.bsky.social & Eliška Drápalová argue that their rise may also limit the success of populist parties among voters disenchanted with mainstream politics.
👉 bit.ly/46w3G4O
🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.101
🔬 @giadapasquettaz.bsky.social argues that although Trump is indeed a populist, he is a distinct species within the category.
❎️ Unlike other populist leaders, Trump doesn't seek to reshape #Multilateralism from within. Instead, he rejects it altogether.
👉 bit.ly/4aVu1M2
🔮 Since its launch in 2023, @petraguasti.bsky.social & @mattiazulianello.bsky.social's broad-spectrum #FutureofPopulism thread has explored the rise of populist parties worldwide + speculated on how populist movements will develop in the years to come.
📖 Read the story so far: bit.ly/3ZxqIEp
🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.100
🎉 To celebrate publishing 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ contributions, series co-editor @mattiazulianello.bsky.social introduces the PopulisTree 🌳, a new taxonomy + #OpenAccess dataset that maps the full diversity of populist parties across Europe over recent decades.
👉 bit.ly/4rBtUuw
🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.99
🔀 A #JordanBardella presidency would represent a significant reconfiguration of exec power + have a profound impact on democratic norms.
📉 For the #EU, says John Ryan, the risk lies less in immediate withdrawal or obstruction than in gradual divergence.
👉 bit.ly/3NQfnN7
🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.98
🤝 Left-wing populists tend to be egalitarian towards ethnic minorities.
📃 But based on @ejisbisa.bsky.social research, @ugaudino.bsky.social points out that their defence of Muslim communities’ religious grievances often clashes with their secular agenda.
➡️ bit.ly/4t0M4HP
🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.97
🤳 Brought together by a shared ideology, #Populist audiences on social media are becoming increasingly global.
🌍 Using @ausjpolsci.bsky.social research, @fravittonetto.bsky.social discusses why we can now start talking about transnational populist publics.
👉 bit.ly/3M1voyU
🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No. 96
📱 Why do politicians flood social media with pets, food + everyday objects?
🍌 @lanihart.bsky.social & @zeaszebeni.bsky.social argue these are examples of #BananaPopulism, where politicians build emotional connections with voters through mundane imagery.
➡️ bit.ly/3WWV9Tc
🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.95
We often attribute populism’s rise to economic insecurity and cultural backlash. But @manoelgehrke.bsky.social & Feng Yang reveal how former leaders' convictions for #corruption open the door for #populist governments to amplify personalistic appeals
👇 bit.ly/4ktX3UD
🎉 Congratulations to @lanihart.bsky.social and @zeaszebeni.bsky.social who made the Loop Best Blog 2024 longlist for their article 'Populism research demands more nuance: enter tribalism', from our 🔮 #FutureOfPopulism series.
➡️ ow.ly/VlNO50W3moN
🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.94
🗣️ #Populist rhetoric often pits a virtuous people against a corrupt elite. But @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social, @robert-a-huber.bsky.social and Andrej Zaslove ask: who exactly are the people and the elite in #PopulistParties’ eyes 👀?
➡️ ow.ly/lz4450VZQNg
👏 Congratulations to @ezgielci.bsky.social who made the Loop Best Blog 2023 longlist for the article 'Nostalgia and populism', published in our #FutureOfPopulism series 🔮.
bit.ly/3XWxzY1
🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.90
📈 The recent rise of #populism is, to a large extent, the rise of #authoritarian populism.
🌏 Parties and movements led by authoritarian populists are shaking up the world and endangering liberal democracies, say @arminschaefer.bsky.social and Michael Zürn
bit.ly/3MR7VO0
🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.89
📊 Jacob Wentz analyses populist rhetoric and communication strategies in the election campaigns of Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni.
🗣️ We should not, he argues, underestimate the power of their rhetoric.
bit.ly/3MvD3Cs
🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.88
Jamie Gillies, @vincentr.bsky.social and Angela Wisniewski unpack the effects of populism in Canada, arguing that during the Covid-19 pandemic 😷, populist strategies grew as public faith in government messaging eroded 📉
bit.ly/3LUXcS9
🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.84
✅ Populist attitudes are responsive to perceived improvements in the democratic system
🟪 In a blog based on @EPSRjournal research, Marie-Isabel Theuwis & Rosa Kindt argue that this makes them a useful means to assess democratic quality bit.ly/3XwAyGY
🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.70
Populist radical-right parties’ contestation of gender equality is not homogenous across countries.
Srein.bsky.social Annett Heft & Elena Pavan argue that we can best understand it through a party’s societal context, ideology, and voter expectations
bit.ly/3PDhOkn
I am glad to contribute to this amazing @ecpr.bsky.social #TheLoop series on the #FutureOfPopulism! Please check it out if you are interested in how party ideology still matters for financial policymaking.
