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I am a researcher, working on topics such as political representation, immigration and populism.
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Political Violence in Germany Mainly Hits the AfD (opens the original)
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In June 2024 the AfD held its federal convention in Essen. The city had tried to cancel the hall’s contract, and a court had to order it honored. On the convention weekend, blockaders organized by the Widersetzen alliance attacked delegates on the way in, some of whom reached the hall only under police escort, and injured 28 police officers, one of them seriously. Germany has debated political violence for years, mostly as a debate about violence from the right. Whether that matches what actuall
When Containment Runs Out of Votes (opens the original)
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Right-wing populist parties have been rising across Western Europe for two decades, and their vote shares are now higher than they were even in the 1930s. The central strategic question this poses for the established parties is how to respond. The response of mainstream parties in not all but most countries has three components: (1) adopt the populists’ rhetoric, (2) do not adopt their policies, and (3) keep them out of government.The bet behind
Immigration-Related Riots in Europe (opens the original)
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On 27 November 2022, after Morocco defeated Belgium at the World Cup, crowds of mostly Moroccan-origin men rioted in Brussels, overturning and burning cars, setting scooters on fire and throwing stones and fireworks at police, while around 500 rioters attacked police in Rotterdam. Similar riots followed Morocco’s later matches in Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and several French cities.In June 2026, after a Sudanese man who <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026-06-10/deba
The Rise of a New Elite I (opens the original)
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Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923) was an Italian economist and sociologist. Economists still know his name from Pareto efficiency and the Pareto distribution. His political sociology is read less often, partly because his late political sympathies were close to Italian fascism. This post is concerned with one of his theories that, even though it was formulated more than 100 years ago, offers a useful framework for interpreting parts of the modern cultural struggle. This is not an argument for or again
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