Call for Papers für eine Tagung vom 4. bis 5. Februar 2027 in Berlin. Deadline: 11. Oktober 2026

In Zeiten gesellschaftlicher Krisen und Herausforderungen haben völkisch-autoritär orientierte und daran anschlussfähige Verschwörungsideologien Konjunktur. Sie reichen bis in weite Teile der Gesellsc...

Authoritarian regimes must cultivate forms of political legitimacy that compensate for the absence of competitive electoral accountability. Institutional trust is a central component of this legiti...

Gender shapes support for populist radical right parties (PRRPs), but the role of voters’ immediate social environment remains underexplored. Building on research linking PRRP support to social cue...

In his influential book The road to somewhere David Goodhart claims that a split between a majority of people who are rooted in particular places or groups (the “Somewheres”) and a minority of people....

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What drives mainstream parties’ reactions to the success of the radical right? Existing research shows that mainstream parties respond by moving closer to the radical right but most studies focus o...

Political polarization may hinder the spread of clean technologies, but its influence on adoption may change over time. A study now combines surveys, municipal data and election results to show lower ...

Technological change has reshaped labour-market risks for non-tertiary educated workers, but these risks vary across educational tracks and institutional contexts. This article connects comparative...

In ihrer aktuellen Publikation »Widersetzt euch!« diskutieren Michael Kraske und Dirk Laabs den Aufstieg rechter Parteien und schlagen konkrete Handlungsoptionen zum Schutz demokratischer Strukturen i...

Frist für Exposés: 9. November 2026.

Panel on antidemocratic and antimodern social movements at the DiscourseNet Congress 2027 “Discursive Imaginaries of Change: Heterotopias, PowerKnowledge, and t

Dieses Working Paper untersucht vergleichend parlamentarische Aktivitäten und Strategien der AfD-Landtagsfraktionen in Thüringen und Mecklenburg-Vorpommern im Zeitraum Juli 2020 bis Juni 2025, mit Fok...

Analyse rechtsextremer Online-Aktivitäten zu den Betriebsratswahlen 2026. Untersucht wurden die Aktivitäten von über 4.000 Kanälen auf der Telegram.

A risky business: navigating autocratization through ideological legitimation claims

The recent election in Saxony-Anhalt marked a new stage in the rise of the far-right in Germany as the Alternative for Germany (Alternative für Deutschland, AfD) received more than 40 per cent of t...

Electoral success of radical right parties is often argued to normalize previously stigmatized anti-immigration attitudes. Yet, it remains unclear whether such ...

Culture Trumps Class and Place: How the Populist Radical Right Thrives on Sociocultural Conflicts in Western Europe - Volume 61

Die wirtschaftspolitischen Positionen in der AfD wie in der 'Neuen' Rechten gehen erheblich auseinander; auf der einen Seite staatskritische Rechtslibertäre, auf der anderen Seite ein autoritärer 'solidarischer Patriotismus'. Martin Hauff sortiert diese Widersprüche und ordnet sie historisch ein.

This article examines whether political party members’ personality traits shape their preferences for political leaders. This is of considerable significance given how many leaders are selected by ...

The international and transnational politics of the far right: an emergent research program

Scientific Data - Far-right music events, protests, and violence: a county-level dataset for Germany, 2013–2024

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Across autocratizing contexts, Generation Z movements have emerged as a prominent force of democratic resistance. Yet their engagement with opposition parties varies considerably. Existing literatu...

Der Beitrag untersucht Struktur und Strategie eines rechten Betriebspopulismus am Beispiel der rechtsextremen Pseudogewerkschaft Zentrum. Auf Basis qualitativer Expert*inneninterviews zeigt er, wie Tr...