Cutting edge research from European Political Science Review

Populist Parties looks set to gain seats in the European Parliament Elections. Why is this? And what are the consequences? European Political Science Review, one of the foremost journals of political science has published pathbreaking research analysing contemporary European populism. 

Can we talk about populism as  a single concept? What do the parties share? This is answered in Matthijs Rooduijn's article, What unites the voter bases of populist parties? Comparing the electorates of 15 populist parties.

What are the consequences of electing populist right-wing parties? This question is answered in Leonce Röth, Alexandre Afonso and Dennis C. Spies, The impact of Populist Radical Right Parties on socio-economic policies.

Populism is often criticised but there is some evidence that populist parties - for better or for worse - increase political participation. This suggested by Eva Anduiza, Marc Guinjoan and Guillem Rico in Populism, participation, and political equality.

Populist and Right-Wing parties are likely to do particularly well in the Netherlands and Finland. European Science Review has published articles about populist parties in each of these countries. 

These articles include, Bruno Castanho Silva‘s Populist radical right parties and mass polarization in the Netherlands.

And, on Finland, in Elina Kestilä-Kekkonen and Peter Söderlund, Party, leader or candidate? dissecting the right-wing populist vote in Finland.

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