George Mc<;overn, former senator from South Dakota, spoke last night in the Library Auditorium on "Const:rvatism in America," denouncing the Radical Right as distorting American political ideals. The main point of McGovern's speech was that the right-wing radical groups, which have gained a great dell of political intlucncc in recent years, have too much intluenn· in American politics. McGovcrn...

There is a growing focus in political science on right-wing populist parties. But few comparative studies address their discourses and politics relating to family values, especially when involved w...

Abstract In this article, we explore the consequences of increasing presence both left- and right-wing populist parties in government, critically reflecting on recent scholarship topic, underlining promising venues for future research outlining a conceptual framework which constitutes background special issue entitled ‘Populism Power its Consequences’. Our main contribution is empirical, since ...

Based on the view of morality proposed by the Moral Foundations Theory, this paper investigates whether voting intention is associated with moral foundation endorsement in not perfectly bipolar electoral contexts. Three studies carried out in Italy from 2010 to 2013, showed that controlling for ideological orientation, moral foundation endorsement is associated with voting intention. In Study 1...

Most policymakers and economists agree that the quality of a nation’s human capital stock is a chief determinant of economic growth. However, public spending on education also has serious implications for the future distribution of resources in society. This study examines how these distributional concerns are realized in the arena of party politics. Three key questions are explored. Firstly, w...

Based on the assumption that social media encourages a populist style of politics in online communities and proposition populism conspiracy theories tend to co-occur, this article investigates whether holds true for YouTube influencers, particularly less investigated left-wing spectrum. The provides qualitative case studies four different groups political content creators whose makes use or ana...

Existing literature on the centre-right in Eastern and Central Europe is small and fragmentary. This contrasts with the voluminous, detailed and often sophisticated comparative literatures on the left and the far right in the region. This article reviews and synthesises the existing literature and to suggests the outline of a definition of the right and centre-right in the region, which can bot...

In the wake of financial crisis 2008/9 social movements reminiscent eco-emancipatory 1980s powerfully repoliticised post-political order neoliberalism. Additionally, and more recently, right-wing populist movements, Fridays for Future or political mobilisations related to COVID-19 pandemic have substantially refashioned both understanding post-politics patterns its repoliticisation. This articl...