The Tea Party (TP), whose candidates made significant gains in the 2010-midterm elections, lacks a place in the comparative party literature and also defies ready classification. Is it solely a movement to reduce the size of government and cut taxes as its name – some refer to it as the Taxed Enough Already party – implies? Or do its supporters share a broader set of conservative positions on s...

This article addresses two basic questions. First, it examines whether incarceration has a lasting impact on health functioning. Second, because blacks are more likely than whites to be exposed to the negative effects of the penal systemFincluding fractured social bonds, reduced labor market prospects, and high levels of infectious diseaseFit considers whether the penal system contributes to ra...

Populist radical right parties (PRRPs) have become more mainstream, increasing their relevance in European politics. While a lot is already known about them, there are still gaps our knowledge. This article addresses one such gap by studying Western PRRPs’ positions on education policy. It focuses the salience of election manifestos, substantive that hold, and how far these reflect core ideolog...

In a context of highly visible and politically influential populist movements, this study considers the online self-representation of the Tea Party Patriots (TPP) in the United States and the Party for Freedom (PVV) in the Netherlands. A multi-methodological approach was adopted to compare the discursive manifestation of key populism concepts: leadership characteristics, adversary definition, a...

The paper suggests a framework for analyzing democracies’ policies towards renegade states, i.e. states whose defining feature is regarded to be norm-breaking (e.g. Iran or North Korea). The paper argues that policies towards renegade states are heavily influenced by domestic cultures of control because the problem of recurrent violations of community norms as posed by renegade states to the in...

Scientists are well aware of the major social, economic and cultural challenges brought about by population decline. However, we can often underestimate more extreme interpretations both causes consequences decline in popular discourse. In this commentary, I explore some these toxic narratives, speculate how they may be linked to what appears a prevailing populist/ethno-nationalist view grounde...

This article examines the ways in which sustainability discourses intersect with carceral policies. Building new prisons to ‘green’ industry standards; making existing prison buildings less environmentally harmful; incorporating processes such as renewable energy initiatives; offering ‘green-collar’ work and training to prisoners; and providing ‘green care’ in an effort to reduce recidivism are...

Induced abortion has been discussed in Brazil for many years without producing changes in the Penal Code in force since 1940 and according to which it is illegal and a crime against life. There are only two circumstances in which induced abortion is allowed: when there is no other recourse for saving the pregnant woman' life, and when the pregnancy resulted from rape and the abortion is precede...