Affective Agency: The Rise of Nationalist Parties in Europe and the US

• In Event: Populism in Comparative Perspective

Brief Overview

Recent elections in France and Germany show anxiety does not increase support for the far right. Anger, however, powerfully mobilizes support for these two parties. We find the same in the 2016 election with those who voted for Donald Trump.

Authors

• Nicholas Valentino, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

• George E. Marcus, Williams College

• Pavlos Vasilopoulos, University of York

• Martial Foucault, Sciences Po