📚 In our #Collection on The #RadicalRight in Southern Europe Perceptions of populist radical right mainstreaming as a threat to democracy: evidence from Italian voters 🆓Read the #FreeAccess article by A. Seddone & @mattiazulianello.bsky.social 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We will present our book 'Populist Radical Right Parties in Action: The Survival of the Mass Party' (Oxford UP) at Queen Mary University of London on Thursday, November 20th, 5-6:30pm GMT. Corina Lacatus will discuss, and there will be a reception. Register via 👉 tinyurl.com/382xbuy5

🍎🍊 The “far right” is often treated as a single family—but it isn’t. 🪄 The radical right is increasingly entering mainstream politics, while the extreme right remains isolated. This distinction matters for understanding today’s party systems. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The deadline for #PSA26 is tomorrow! Our group @psa-italian.bsky.social is accepting proposals on: 🇮🇹 Italian politics 🖼️ Visual populism - collab with @populismpsa.bsky.social 🚜 Rural politics - with @psagreekpol.bsky.social 🌐 Populism & IR - with @psainter-relations.bsky.social Direct links below:

This is tomorrow and you can still sign up to attend online!

Italy: M. Zulianello. “Populist Radical Right Vs Populist Radical Right in Power: Signalling Ideological Commitment Or Competence?” In: South European Society and Politics online first (2025), pp. 1-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13608746.2025.2477092.

Check out our plans for #PSA26: - Open panels on Italian Politics - Visuals in populist communication - Rural politics and EU policies (with @psagreekpol.bsky.social) - Populism and the international (with @psainter-relations.bsky.social) ‼️ Submit your paper proposals by October 17

We are pleased to invite to you to the book launch of "Populist Radical Right Parties in Action: The Survival of the Mass Party” (Oxford University Press). 🗓️ October 15th, 15:30 📍 King’s College London (and online!) Please register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

I’m delighted to share that my article ‘The “Far Right” Label and the Study of Party Systems: Problems, Limitations – and a Way Out’ has been accepted for publication in a special issue on Sartori’s legacy, in the journal he founded, the Italian Political Science Review. Coming soon & open access!

While our team member @mattiazulianello.bsky.social has just announced winning a prestigious prize (with Mirko Crulli) for the best paper presented at last year’s Conference of the Italian Political Science Association 👏 bsky.app/profile/matt...

⚡️I’m delighted to share that Mirko Crulli and I have been awarded the Annual “Carlo Maria Santoro” Prize for the best paper presented at last year’s Conference of the Italian Political Science Association 🎉

⚡️I’m delighted to share that Mirko Crulli and I have been awarded the Annual “Carlo Maria Santoro” Prize for the best paper presented at last year’s Conference of the Italian Political Science Association 🎉

The Economist again making the mistake of treating what they call "hard right" as a unitary actor pursuing broadly consistent policies. Yet this is only true (to an extent) about "wokeness" & migration. On everything else they are very divided. www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

Glad to see that my article “Populist radical right vs populist radical right in power: signalling ideological commitment or competence?” now has page numbers @sespjournal.bsky.social! 📄✨ www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SI8VE...

It’s real! 🤩 So exciting to have the print copies in hand. Just a reminder that the book is also fully open access for everyone to read at the link below. Enjoy! academic.oup.com/book/60532

Very nice to meet you, printed version of our book... :-)

In the final chapter of our new book “Populist Radical Right Parties in Action: The Survival of the Mass Party" we provide our comparative conclusions, after discussing party organisation & activism within 4 radical right parties in Europe. The book is free to download: academic.oup.com/book/60532

In chapter 5 of our new book “Populist Radical Right Parties in Action” we provide an account of the lived experiences of the active members of four radical right parties in Europe. What motivates them to stay in these organisations? The book is free to read: academic.oup.com/book/60532/c...

In chapter 4 of our new book “Populist Radical Right Parties in Action” we explain why party elites within the radical right often choose to preserve the mass party organisational model. Interested? The book is open access (free to read): academic.oup.com/book/60532/c...

Finally got the printed copy! Thanks again @petraguasti.bsky.social and @mattiazulianello.bsky.social for the meticulous editorship!

Our book is out and available to read open access online: academic.oup.com/book/60532. It is dedicated to Niko.

Interested in the key ideological features & organizational structures of League for Salvini Premier, Vlaams Belang, Finns Party, & Swiss People’s Party? See Chapt 3 of our new monograph for Oxford University Press, which is Open Access (free to read): academic.oup.com/book/60532/c...

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 ‘Populist radical right parties in power focus on valence attributes like reliability, reputation, and achievements to deliver an image of competence’ #populism #PRR Read #FreeAccess the article by @mattiazulianello.bsky.social 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The mass party is dead, right? Not so fast. Our new book, "Populist Radical Right Parties in Action" explores the puzzle of why several of Europe's most prominent populist radical right parties are successfully reviving this "outdated" model. The book is completely Open Access 👇

We had the pleasure to present our forthcoming book today @rug.nl. @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social @stijntvankessel.bsky.social talked about the content and Carla Hoetink offered the Dutch perspective

If you can, please join us for our book presentation in Groningen on 13th June. See details below 👇 The book should soon come out online (open access) with Oxford University Press.

New article! Not really concerned? Populist radical right voters and climate change by Mirko Crulli & Mattia Zulianello / @mattiazulianello.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0964...

📢In our #NewIssue (29.3)!📢 F. Melito & @mattiazulianello.bsky.social analyse FdI's organizational structure: “a party modeled on the mass party tradition, while adapting to [] personalized politics through the strong leadership of #Meloni” 🆓Read #FreeAccess 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🎏 Just published in @environmentalpol.bsky.social with Mirko Crulli. Are populist radical right voters less concerned about climate change? ✅ Yes — and context matters. Find out more in our comparative analysis of 22 countries: 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thrilled that my article on women's activism in PRR parties has been conditionally accepted in @cpsjournal.bsky.social! Drawing on membership surveys of the League 🇮🇹 and the Sweden Democrats 🇸🇪, I show that women members are *more active* than men because they are more embedded in party networks.

#OpenAccess in our April 2025 issue - 'The Demand and Supply of Pandemic Populism: A Global Overview' - tinyurl.com/3sa967yn by @mattiazulianello.bsky.social & @petraguasti.bsky.social

Just accepted @environmentalpol.bsky.social with M. Crulli 🎉 Are 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 voters less concerned about 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞? ✅ Yes The gap grows where: 🔸 They have more antagonistic stances 🔸 Green parties are strong 🔸 environmental issues are salient Full article available soon!

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 Brothers of Italy (#FdI) 'is a highly hierarchical organization, blending features of activist and mass parties, under a strong leadership’ 🆓Read #FreeAccess the analysis by F. Melito & @mattiazulianello.bsky.social here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Ricercatori su democrazia, partiti, antipolitica, politica italiana e tanto altro, Alfio Mastropaolo e' arrivato su BlueSky ed e' da seguire su: 👇 @alfmast.bsky.social If you study political systems, democracy, political elites, anti-politics & Italian politics, follow Alfio Mastropaolo here...

Open Access 🆓 How do populist radical right parties communicate when in power? What happens when two of them govern together? Find out in my new article 👇🏻 www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

🆕🆓The article by @mattiazulianello.bsky.social is now #FreeAccess 📥Read and download it here! 👇

📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 Populist radical right vs populist radical right in power: signalling ideological commitment or competence? Read the article by @mattiazulianello.bsky.social here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

Il 17 maggio parteciperò a Link Media Festival! Ci vediamo alle 10.00 presso il Salone di Rappresentanza della Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia, Riva del Mandracchio, Trieste. Link all'evento: www.linkfestival.it/tc-events/il...

Glad to see that the article 'The Demand and Supply of Pandemic Populism: A Global Overview'—written with the amazing @petraguasti.bsky.social found a home in Government & Opposition, Volume 60, Issue 2! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📣 Working on populism? Andrej Zaslove and I are organizing a panel at the 2025 Conference of the Italian Political Science Association (Naples, 4–6 September 2025). Please send your proposals to Panel 8.9: New Directions in Populism Research. ⏰ Deadline: 25 May! shorturl.at/tdSP6

🚨 Just published @sesp_j "Populist radical right vs populist radical right in power: Signalling ideological commitment or competence?" by yours truly. www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

🥁 Just accepted🥁 A new article is coming for @sespjournal.bsky.social! I explore a novel scenario: the coexistence of different populist radical right parties in the same govt, by focusing on the communication of FdI, League, Meloni, and Salvini. Main takeaway: valence attributes matter a lot.

🥁 Two new #FreeAccess articles in our collection on The Radical Right in Southern Europe 📚 1️⃣ The organization of Brothers of Italy: an activist and centralized party led by a “mother in the family” by F. Melito & @mattiazulianello.bsky.social Read & download 👇 tandfonline.com/journals/fse...

🔓This article is now free access until the end of 2025.

Il 19 marzo sarò all’Università degli Studi di Firenze per parlare di populismo! Sono felicissimo di tornare alla Cesare Alfieri, a cui devo tantissimo; sono stato un suo studente magistrale e, poi, assegnista di ricerca.

📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 The organization of Brothers of Italy: an activist and centralized party led by a “mother in the family” Read the article by F. Melito & @mattiazulianello.bsky.social here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🔥New article published today! 🔥 The organization of Brothers of Italy: an activist and centralized party led by a “mother in the family” @sespjournal.bsky.social with F. Melito www.tandfonline.com/eprint/R9PWP...

I’m delighted to share that "Populist Visual Communication: A State-of-the-Art Review ”, co-written with Francesco Melito, has been assigned to an issue and volume of the Political Studies Review. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...