📢New article out ❓Do #populists in power give up their anti-elitism? We explore how populists from different countries (#Greece, #Poland, #Ukraine), and across the political spectrum (left, right, valence), deal with this tension. Open access 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 PUBLICATION ALERT! New article by @lazaroskaravasilis.bsky.social in @critdiscstuds.bsky.social re-examines how 'the elite' is constructed in populist discourse, using the cases of Die Linke and AfD. A crucial contribution to populism studies! Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 New article on our website: The People's Pope: Bergoglio and Populism 🖋️ by Alessandro Volpi 🔗 Link below: www.psapopulism.org/blog/researc... #pope #Franciscus #vatican #peronism #populism #Bergoglio #PopeFrancis

🥳Amazing news for our @populismPSA. ‼️We have been voted as the Specialist Group of the year. 🙏Thanks to all current and past convenors as well as members for making this possible.

🆕New podcast discussing #antipopulism Some of my fav points: 📍Antipopulism projects fears, anxieties and democratic elitism 📍Is the Essex School normative? What about other approaches? 📍The people of right-wing populism is not exactly homogenous

From the latest episode - @quinnslobodian.com on how all too often the far right has been mistakenly portrayed as the enemy of neoliberalism - and even capitalism in toto:

Routledge offers a voucher of 200 GBP to review a book proposal. Below is a part of my response:

A new (+interesting) article on populist performances from a Cambridge scholar cites my article on Trump's performances (that literally focuses on his hands and body) to back the argument that populism studies remain focus on discourse and miss the performative dimension. I mean......

“'I sure miss George W. Bush:' Deconstruction, Post-Truth and Trump” inaugural professorial lecture @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk #trump #posttruth #deconstruction #derrida 📅 26 March, 18:00-19:30 📍 QMUL, Mile End 🎟️ Register at the link below www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/i-sure-mis...

Anyone interested to review this? Please email us! Details about the review process here: www.psapopulism.org/about/faq

How does emancpatory politics and strategy look today? Send us your abstract by Friday. Judith Butler and Yannis Stavrakakis will be keynotes (in person).

Critical populism studies (as we call it these days) increasingly highlight the transgressive-performative function of populism. @bolandeira.bsky.social and @theoaiolfi.bsky.social not only capture this but also help consolidate the argument theoretically. Read their new article below!

Every time I decide to stop working on populism, the @populismpsa.bsky.social puts out a great call for papers that brings me straight back in

CAN’T WAIT! This will be the highlight of the year

💥We are very excited about the next workshop🇬🇷 🥳It's a special occasion, so we have special keynotes: 💣JUDITH BUTLER & 💣YANNIS STAVRAKAKIS 👇Read the full call below.

I am delighted to invite you all to our upcoming workshop in Thessaloniki in October 📣 We are incredibly honoured to welcome two outstanding keynote speakers: Judith Butler & Yannis Stavrakakis We look forward to reading your abstracts!

💥We are very excited about the next workshop🇬🇷 🥳It's a special occasion, so we have special keynotes: 💣JUDITH BUTLER & 💣YANNIS STAVRAKAKIS 👇Read the full call below.

New additions to the convening team. Stay tuned for even more updates!

💫 Anti-gender regimes, feminist politics and the challenge of societal democratization is out! In Mobilization: An International Quarterly 29(4): 469-486 doi.org/10.17813/108... A preprint is available on Researchgate

Is Europe alright?

There have been many (and good) analyses of Podemos in terms of politics, ideology and class. My chapter in "Populism & Time", edited by Andy Knott at Edinburgh University Press, focuses on an almost completely neglected dimension in politics: temporality amazon.es/Populism-Time-…

What do you think about Frontiers in #PoliticalScience (journal)? I am totally against paying for publishing own work, but would like to hear what people think about this journal.

Interested in the latest developments in populism studies? Take a look 👇

My book is out in paperback (meaning the price is significantly lower). Claim 30% off the current price using ''ADC24'' code. www.routledge.com/Populism-in-... #populism #DonaldTrump

Do you want to receive our most important updates, like CfPs for our A M A Z I N G events? Don't worry, we don't spam! Become a member, for free, no commitment needed: psa.ac.uk/specialist-g... Wanna know more about us? Explore our website: psapopulism.org

Game of thrones in #Brussels. www.politico.eu/article/ursu...

Class consciousness still shapes voting, but in a different way than in the past. That's the key finding of a study with @thomaslux.bsky.social now out in English. We chart how class identity, interests and status link with voting for the left and right in Germany. A🧵 library.fes.de/pdf-files/a-...

The #Trump era was inaugurated, by #Biden. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Now that #austerity has come home, nostalgia for the golden era is emerging. #angelamerkel

The social movements scholars starter pack has hit 100 members! Thanks to all who recommended additions. Lots of new people to follow if you have not looked at it in a while. There's still space and many new folks have joined Bluesky - who else should be added? go.bsky.app/59uZyEy

Never gets old? Donald Trump in Power: Discourse, Performativity, Identification. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Home is the most dangerous place for women, says global femicide report

Breaking news: National Assembly of the Five Star Movement abolishes the role of "Guarantor" of the party (held by Beppe Grillo). The clash between Conte and Grillo about the future of the party that has gone on for months has now come to an end and Grillo is unemployed.

This is our first post on Blue Sky! We will continue here as well in our mission to share the main advances in critical populism studies! @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Critical populism studies are flourishing, and we're curating a Bluesky starter pack featuring brilliant young minds and seasoned experts shaping the field! Dive into their groundbreaking work here 👇 go.bsky.app/NEheVTj

Critical perspectives on #populism:

Our Populism Specialist Group - of the Political Studies Association - is now part of this platform. Follow it here: @populismpsa.bsky.social

Re-upping this for some of the new arrivals. Same notes as before: It's a list of of academics who I think work *principally* on populism/radical right (e.g. not extremism). It's personal, so generally it's mutual followers that I know from Twitter and/or here. go.bsky.app/Tqmc9sJ

I wrote this piece (in Greek) on #DonaldTrump's re-election, focusing on his "weird" and "trasgressive " style as well as the arrogance and anti-populist elitism of the #Democrats. Can be read w/ the transl. function. Thanks @eteronorg.bsky.social and @antonisgal.bsky.social for the invitation.

Μερικές σκέψεις για την επανεκλογή #DonaldTrump, τον ρόλο που παίζει το "αλλόκοτο" στιλ του και η αλαζονεία των Δημοκρατικών.

The #populist / #anti-populist divide in practice #Merkel #Trump Factual Emotional Normal Politician Not Leader of Free World Likes Tyrants Cooperation #Polarization www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

Στον φάκελο θα βρείτε αναλύσεις από τους @stefanostyros.bsky.social, @gsamaras.bsky.social, @giorgosvenizelos.bsky.social καθώς και από την Ξένια Χρυσοχόου και τη Νένη Πανουργιά. Τα κείμενα αναδεικνύουν διαφορετικές πτυχές του ζητήματος κι είναι όλα διαθέσιμα εδώ: eteron.org/opseis/opsei...

Πρώτο🧵 στο #Bluesky για τις #USelections. Στο @eteronorg.bsky.social φιλοξενούμε έναν φάκελο με αναλύσεις για τις πρόσφατες προεδρικές εκλογές. Εξετάζουμε το πολιτικό στυλ και τα προγράμματα των υποψηφίων καθώς και τους κοινωνικούς & ιστορικούς παράγοντες που βοηθούν στην ερμηνεία του αποτελέσματος.

Anyone here an expert in #Zotero? I am trying to convert in-text citations to endnotes but not all citations are converted. Tips: 1. File shared among many co-authors. Copy-pasted whole text but still nothing. 2. Updated my version of zotero, but nothing

🚨New ( #openaccess ) chapter out: (Anti-)Populism & Post-Truth 📌Challenges the forceful link b/w #populism & #post-truth (and that populism is unscientific, irrational and against facts. 📌Argues, that a new paradigm of (post-truth) #anti-populism (and not populism) is evident.

Our "compagni" from the PSA Italian Politics Specialist Group are now also on Bluesky! Follow @psa-italian.bsky.social, and take part in the initiatives led by @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social and @dbonansinga.bsky.social!

⏳️ There's still time to submit your abstract for the "Populism and Passions" panel, organised by Amanda Machin & Allan Dreyer Hansen at the next @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions of Workshops in Prague! 🇨🇿 🗓 When? 20–23 May 2025 📮 Submission deadline: 21 November! ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

Yesterday, I talked about "The Anti-Populist Logic of Pro-Vax Discourse" at HEPP, University of Helsinki.

📰 It may sound strange for the Populism Specialist Group to share this great text by @alexyates2000.bsky.social against the very word "populism", but a critical analysis of the (mis)uses of the "p-word" is one of the most promising frontiers in our field! 👇 theconversation.com/the-word-pop...