Upcoming Events

ECPS Youth Seminars — Populism versus European Values in the Digital Era: The Case of Romania

September 22, 2022

Populism & Politics (P&P)

Manufacturing Civilisational Crises: Instrumentalisation of Anti-Western Conspiracy Theories for Populist Authoritarian Resilience in Turkey and Pakistan

September 6, 2022

Populism & Politics (P&P)

Islamist Populists in Power: Promises, Compromises and Attacks on Democratic Institutions

September 5, 2022

Commentaries

Unlearning the Anthropocene: Readings for Human Humility

August 6, 2022

Populism & Politics (P&P)

Civilizational Populism Around the World

September 6, 2022

Authoritarianism

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Populism & Politics (P&P)

Manufacturing Civilisational Crises: Instrumentalisation of Anti-Western Conspiracy Theories for Populist Authoritarian Resilience in Turkey and Pakistan

DOWNLOAD PDF Yilmaz, Ihsan & Shakil, Kainat. (2022). “Manufacturing Civilisational Crises: Instrumentalisation of Anti-Western Conspiracy Theories for Populist Authoritarian Resilience ...

September 6, 2022

Populism & Politics (P&P)

Islamist Populists in Power: Promises, Compromises and Attacks on Democratic Institutions

DOWNLOAD PDF Yilmaz, Ihsan; Ahmed, Zahid; Bashirov, Galib; Morieson, Nicholas & Shakil, Kainat. (2022). “Islamist Populists in Power: Promises, Compromises ...

September 5, 2022

Populism & Politics (P&P)

Civilizational Populism Around the World

DOWNLOAD PDF Yilmaz, Ihsan & Morieseon, Nicholas. (2022). “Civilizational Populism Around the World.” Populism & Politics.European Center for Populism Studies ...

September 6, 2022

Book Reviews

The Turkish Malaise – A Critical Essay

Girdap, Hafza. (2022). “The Turkish Malaise – A Critical Essay.” ECPS Book Reviews. European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS). April ...

April 6, 2022

Populism & Politics (P&P)

Religious populism in Israel: The case of Shas

DOWNLOAD PDF Yilmaz, Ihsan & Morieson, Nicholas. (2022). “Religious populism in Israel: The case of Shas.” Populism & Politics. European Center ...

April 4, 2022

Populism & Politics (P&P)

Military and Populism: A Global Tour with a Special Emphasis on the Case of Pakistan

DOWNLOAD PDF Yilmaz, Ihsan & Saleem, Raja M. Ali. (2022). “Military and Populism: A Global Tour with a Special Emphasis ...

March 17, 2022

Populism & Politics (P&P)

Civilizationist Populism in South Asia: Turning India Saffron

DOWNLOAD PDF Saleem, Raja M. Ali; Yilmaz, Ihsan & Chacko, Priya. (2022). “Civilizationist Populism in South Asia: Turning India Saffron.” ...

March 4, 2022

Book Reviews

Creating the Desired Citizen: Ideology, State and Islam in Turkey

Demir, Mustafa, (2022). “Creating the Desired Citizen: Ideology, State and Islam in Turkey by Ihsan Yilmaz.” ECPS Book Reviews. European ...

February 20, 2022

Digital Populism

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Videos

Religious Populism, Cyberspace and Digital Authoritarianism in Asia – The Cases of India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Malaysia & Turkey 

Turkey, Pakistan, India, Malaysia, and Indonesia span one of the longest continuously inhabited regions of the world. Centuries of cultural ...

February 7, 2022

Past Events

ECPS Panel: Religious Populism, Cyberspace and Digital Authoritarianism in Asia – The Cases of India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Malaysia & Turkey (Feb.2, 2022)

DOWNLOAD PDF Date: February 2, 2022 Time: 11:00-13:00 (CET) Moderator: Dr. Simon Watmough Speakers: Dr. Ihsan Yılmaz, Dr. Raja M. Ali Saleem, Dr. Mahmoud Pargoo,  Dr. Syaza ...

February 2, 2022

Reports

Religious Populism, Cyberspace and Digital Authoritarianism in Asia: India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Turkey

Yilmaz, Ihsan; Saleem, Raja M. Ali; Pargoo, Mahmoud, Shukri, Syaza; Ismail, Idznursham; and Shakil, Kainat. (2022). “Religious Populism, Cyberspace and ...

June 23, 2022

Voice of Youth

Digital Populism: The Internet and the Rise of Right-wing Populism

This article is an attempt to critically assess the utilization of internet platforms by right-wing populists. Analysing both primary and ...

January 7, 2022

Economics

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Populism & Politics (P&P)

On the Political Economy of Populism: The Decline of the Turkish Economy under Erdoğan’s Populist-Authoritarian Regime

DOWNLOAD PDF Ozturk, Ibrahim. (2022). “On the Political Economy of Populism: The Decline of the Turkish Economy under Erdoğan’s Populist-Authoritarian ...

February 14, 2022

Voice of Youth

Are deindustrialization and European integration fostering populism?

Deindustrialization and deeper European integration seem to be two of the several hazardous factors leading to the development of populism ...

September 29, 2021

Articles

Populist attacks on institutions as a reaction to the hyper-globalization

DOWNLOAD PDF Ozturk, Ibrahim. (2021). “Populist attacks on institutions as a reaction to the hyper-globalization.” Populism & Politics. May 21, ...

February 8, 2022

Articles

Populism and the rise of hybrid governance models: Saving the multilateral cooperation

DOWNLOAD PDF Ozturk, Ibrahim. (2021). “Populism and the rise of hybrid governance models: Saving the multilateral cooperation.” Populism & Politics. ...

February 8, 2022

Environment & Climate

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Commentaries

Unlearning the Anthropocene: Readings for Human Humility

Seeking the ways of keeping the world less cruel, if no less dangerous, in the critical decades ahead, Dr. Heidi ...

August 6, 2022

Commentaries

Hearts, Trees, Hymns, and Hate: Populist Mixed Messages

The coincidence of far-right and anti-vaccine/mask protest cultures has been common in Germany, often erupting in racist rhetoric, too. In ...

February 7, 2022

Commentaries

Climate Satire and Anti-science Populism in Don’t Look Up

This commentary reviews the 2021 film Don’t Look Up, an allegory about climate-crisis apathy in an imagined populist future in ...

December 31, 2021

Commentaries

Eating and Environmental Consciousness

The effects of global warming are no longer part of an abstract, future dystopia or a hard-to-comprehend “hyperobject.” Summer 2021, ...

November 17, 2021

Commentaries

Grief, Rage, and Courage at COP26

At the end of the conference, the 1.5-degree goal still appears far out of reach. “Beyond that threshold,” scientific consensus ...

November 14, 2021

Commentaries

“Ruin Porn,” the Populist Apocalypse, and Art as Antidote

This commentary considers several populist frameworks for apocalyptic thinking in Europe and the US, in historical and environmental perspective, with ...

October 25, 2021

Articles

Witnessing Beyond the Human*

DOWNLOAD PDF Hart, Heidi (2021). “Witnessing Beyond the Human.” Populism & Politics. May 28, 2021. European Center for Populism Studies ...

February 8, 2022

Voice of Youth

Snowflake Resistance: Protecting the Paris Agreement Against Populism

With a concentrated focus on climate activism and the Paris Agreement, this commentary will explore the juxtaposed trajectories of populism ...

October 29, 2021

Extremism & Radicalisation

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Populism & Politics (P&P)

Religious populism in Israel: The case of Shas

DOWNLOAD PDF Yilmaz, Ihsan & Morieson, Nicholas. (2022). “Religious populism in Israel: The case of Shas.” Populism & Politics. European Center ...

April 4, 2022

Commentaries

Hearts, Trees, Hymns, and Hate: Populist Mixed Messages

The coincidence of far-right and anti-vaccine/mask protest cultures has been common in Germany, often erupting in racist rhetoric, too. In ...

February 7, 2022

Commentaries

Populism and Islamophobia in Spain: from Podemos to Vox

Podemos boasts “inclusive populism in terms of minorities and vulnerable groups” in which we include Islam and Arab-Islamic immigration in ...

February 7, 2022

Populism & Politics (P&P)

Religious Populism and Vigilantism: The Case of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan

DOWNLOAD PDF Yilmaz, Ihsan & Shakil, Kainat. (2022) “Religious Populism and Vigilantism: The Case of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan.” Populism & ...

February 8, 2022

Book Reviews

Red Milk: A Cautionary Tale

Hart, Heidi. (2021). “Red Milk: A Cautionary Tale.” ECPS Book Reviews. European Center for Populism Studies. January 20, 2022. https://doi.org/10.55271/br0006 ...

February 8, 2022

Commentaries

Reciprocal populism: The interaction of right-wing anti-Islam movements and radical Islamist groups in Europe

Despite their ostensible opposition to one another, extreme right-wing, anti-Islam movements and radical Islamist groups like “Sharia for Europe” share ...

December 27, 2021

Book Reviews

Why Race Still Matters?

Colak, F.Zehra. (2021). “Why Race Still Matters?” ECPS Book Reviews. European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS). December 20, 2021. https://doi.org/10.55271/br0005 ...

February 8, 2022

Commentaries

Youth Populism and the Aesthetics of Dread in Je suis Karl

Right-wing populism does not need staged violence to attract new recruits. Online rabbit-holes and the “smart branding” of a new ...

December 12, 2021

Gender

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Book Reviews

Liberal Roots of Far Right Activism – The Anti-Islamic Movement in the 21st Century

Girdap, Hafza. (2022). “Liberal Roots of Far Right Activism – The Anti-Islamic Movement in the 21st Century.” ECPS Book Reviews. ...

February 8, 2022

Commentaries

Right-wing populism, political Islam, and the Istanbul Convention

In the environment of rising right-wing populism, women in Turkey and across Europe are worried about losing their hard-earned legal ...

July 17, 2021

Human Rights

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Global Peace & Order

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Interviews

Prof. Bertjan Verbeek: Populist foreign policy weakens soft power

Discussing the impact of the Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV) on the country’s foreign policy, Professor Verbeek highlighted his observation ...

May 6, 2021

Leadership & Persona

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Migration

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Commentaries

Youth Populism and the Aesthetics of Dread in Je suis Karl

Right-wing populism does not need staged violence to attract new recruits. Online rabbit-holes and the “smart branding” of a new ...

December 12, 2021

Commentaries

Ethnographic Reflexivity: Why listening to individuals matters in an age of populistic cacophony

Populism and migration studies should be a vital voice to people and should include individual narratives and multi-perspectival methodologies into ...

November 3, 2021

Commentaries

The populist zeitgeist in Turkey: A Cornelian dilemma ahead

Increasingly, Turkey is experiencing a deep wave of xenophobia and anti-immigrant sentiment because of a rapid increase in refugee numbers ...

September 21, 2021

Commentaries

The Contours of Populism in Russia: An Elite Strategy to Preserve the Status Quo

Few scholars would concur with the assumption that populism as we conceptualize it in the West applies unproblematically in Russia. ...

September 20, 2021

ECPS Youth

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Upcoming Events

ECPS Youth Seminars — Populism versus European Values in the Digital Era: The Case of Romania

Date/Time: Thursday, October 6, 2022 / 18:00 (CEST) Click here to register! Moderator Celia Miray Yesil Speaker Dr. Antonio Momoc ...

September 22, 2022

Past Events

ECPS Youth Seminars — The Others of Europe: Migrants, Refugees, Minorities and LGBTQ+ on the Eyes of Right-Wing Populists

Date/Time: Tuesday, June 21, 2022 / 18:00 (CET) Click here to register! Moderator Celia Miray Yesil Speaker Dr Koen Slootmaeckers ...

August 17, 2022

Voice of Youth

On Chantal Mouffe’s ‘Democratic Agonism’ and EU Democratic Deficit

Conflict constitutes an essential part of a healthy democratic society and should not be eradicated from it. Nevertheless, the “others” ...

May 7, 2022

Past Events

ECPS Academy Future Leaders Program (July 4-8, 2022)   

Euroscepticism and far-right politics: The populist challenge to EU norms, institutions and values  Are you an early-career academic researcher in ...

August 17, 2022

Past Events

ECPS Youth Seminars — Political Psychology of Populism: Groups, Hierarchies and Emotions (Apr.4, 2022)  

 Date/Time: Monday, April 4, 2022 / 18:00-19:00 (CET) Click here to register! Moderator Celia Miray Yesil Speaker Dr. Sandra Obradovic  At ...

April 5, 2022

Videos

ECPS Youth Seminars #1 — Populism and personality: How voters perceive the dark personality of populist leaders

At this ECPS Youth Seminar, Professor Alessandro Nai is presentäng results from his recent research on how voters perceive the ...

March 18, 2022

Book Reviews

Nice White Ladies: The Truth about White Supremacy, Our Role in It, and How We Can Help Dismantle It 

In her book, Jessie Daniels deconstructs whiteness and scrutinizes individuals’ contributions to and relationships with it, making “Nice White Ladies” an ...

July 30, 2022

Voice of Youth

Digital Populism: The Internet and the Rise of Right-wing Populism

This article is an attempt to critically assess the utilization of internet platforms by right-wing populists. Analysing both primary and ...

January 7, 2022

Related Terms:

• Term: Right-Wing Populism
• Term: Integration
• Term: Immigration
• Term: Euroscepticism
• Term: Populism