Perfectly Balanced, as All Things Should Be: Contextual Determinants of Populist Attitudes’ Activation across 27 Countries

• In Event: The Far Right in Comparative Politics

Brief Overview

This paper studies the mechanisms behind the activation of populist attitudes in 27 countries. Our findings qualify the link between populist attitudes and voting and help us better understand the factors driving populists’ successes worldwide.

Authors

• Mario Fuks, Ufmg

• Eduardo Ryô Tamaki, German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

• Bruno de Paula Castanho e Silva, University of Cologne

• Kirk A. Hawkins, Brigham Young University-Provo

• Levente Littvay, Central European University