Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the Front National, gave the far right a visibility and longevity it had never known in contemporary France. His daughter Marine Le Pen took over in 2011 and renamed the party the National Rally.
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Venâncio Mondlane finds himself at the centre of one of Mozambique’s worst political crises.
Experts on politics in Canada, Germany, Chile, Belarus and the Philippines weigh in on what to expect as each country’s voters prepare to head to the ballot box.
As trust in traditional media declines, populist influencers and journalistic ‘newsfluencers’ are gaining power.
Political scientists Grant Duncan, talks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about what political trust means and how to rebuild it.
South Africa’s 2024 election was characterised by a shift in power and new threats to democracy – despite the majority still opting for the political centre.
People in Canada, the United States, Italy and France have very different perceptions of what populism is. Here’s why it’s important.
How did this lifelong Democrat go full MAGA? A scholar of populism finds some answers in the ‘manosphere’ podcasts credited with helping Trump win, such as those hosted by Theo Von and Joe Rogan.
South Africa’s government of national unity forged after the 2024 elections refutes the claim that there are two antagonistic political camps.
People who are dissatisfied with their lives are more likely to turn away from mainstream political parties.
Inflation is politically radioactive, and voters have a very long memory for it, as Democrats found when Donald Trump won and Kamala Harris lost the presidential election.
The Democratic National Committee chair has refuted Sanders’ claim his party ‘abandoned’ the left, saying Joe Biden was ‘the most pro-worker president of my lifetime’. But did workers hear his message?
The themes in the hit television series echo the social and political issues that the state has grappled with for decades.
How to explain Kennedy’s slide from lefty skepticism into full MAGA? A scholar of populism found some answers in his appearances on alternative podcasts like ‘Breaking Points’ and ‘Joe Rogan.’
Trump’s use of violent words has increased over time. By 2024, his use of violent language had surpassed nearly all other democratic politicians whose speeches 2 political scientists analyzed.
Peter Dutton succeeded in dividing the nation over the Voice referendum, but will his Trump-lite approach work in Australia?
Republicans and Liberals have found common cause attacking big business. But when it comes to actually siding with workers over business, a different picture emerges.
Youth unemployment and out-of-control inequality are just two reasons voters have begun to lose patience with strongman capitalism. Voting is always the key to defeating authoritarianism.
The belief in aliens is now rising to the extent that politicians, at least in the US, feel they have to respond.
In surveying people both before and after the poll, we found the most decisive factors in determining the way people voted weren’t gender, politics, age or income.
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