The course aims to provide a structured knowledge of the resurgence of radical populism in Europe. It looks at the reasons for this “populist explosion”, as the American journalist John Judis (2016) put it, the challengers’ entrepreneurial strategies and the established parties’ strategic responses, and how this affects political spaces. Anchored in the spatial theory of party competition, this course combines the demand and supply sides of politics to provide students with a comprehensive framework for understanding and analysing the contemporary game of politics. Although the course is primarily based on theoretical knowledge, it will also cover the dynamics of party competition, methods for estimating party positions, and the dimensionality of political spaces. Theoretical concepts and methodological approaches will be discussed interactively with students and applied to Germany and other European countries.
- Teacher: Hannah Brunner
- Teacher: Cora Damaschke
- Teacher: Karen Umansky
