Board #38 - Tracing the Populist Radical Right in Italy and Germany: A Historical and Political Comparison

• In Event: 87-301 - Poster Session: Democratic Backsliding, Populism and the Rise of the Right

Brief Overview

This study compares the rise of populist radical right political parties in Italy and Germany. I use process-tracing to determine the causal factors in each country’s political history that contribute to the electoral success of these parties.

Author

• Audrey Kathleen Wassel, Loyola Marymount University