Unpacking European populism in West and East: Different stances, different causes

• In Event: Right-Wing Party Strategies in European Politics

Brief Overview

Why does populism arise as strongly in Eastern Europe as in the West if it is the result of increased competition over cultural issues? We investigate this question by focusing on differences in populist parties between Western and Eastern Europe.

Authors

• Robert Rohrschneider, University of Kansas

• Stephen Whitefield, University of Oxford