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Over the past decades, the far right has become one of the most studied phenomena in political science. In many countries, far-right parties have already been in government and/or shaped party competition in the long term.
In this course, we will discuss the most important approaches and findings of international research on the far right. What does the concept entail, how does it relate to populism, the radical right, and – more broadly – to (liberal) democracy? We will shed light on the causes of far-right electoral support, the far right’s ideological, organisational and strategic characteristics, and its direct and indirect impact.
In doing so, we focus on different (mostly European) cases in comparative perspective and discuss various methodological approaches.