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Session Submission Type: Full Paper Panel
The papers that constitute this panel tackle various aspects of populist politics in contemporary Russia and Europe. They employ a diverse array of methodologies; from natural language processing and social network analysis to interviews with populist politicians. These papers also exhibit much diversity in their unit of analysis. One paper focuses on the circumstances under which a contemporary single-party dominant regime can be challenged from below via municipal populism. Another paper examines how the mobilization of diasporas represents a viable tool of Russian foreign policy and how this reinforces Russia’s capacity to engage transnational networking with far-right parties. A third paper considers the theoretical insights to be gained for the broader literature on populism from studying Putin’s populist pivot during his second and third terms. A final paper analyses the social transnational structure of European populism, forwarding the argument that European populists should be viewed as actors with significant agency, capable of influencing American and Russian political outcomes.
Municipal Populism in Moscow: Local Challenges to Single-Party Dominant Regimes - Otto Kienitz, University of California, Berkeley; Matthew Stenberg, University of California, Berkeley
Populism from Within: Putin & the Rise of Russian Populism - Anil Menon, University of Michigan; Pauline Jones, University of Michigan
Escape from the Puppet Masters: Bannon, Putin, and European Populism - Lucas Michael Dolan, American University