populism Archives – Social Science Works

We are in a small town in rural Brandenburg and talk for two days with 32 long-term unemployed people. Most … Continue ReadingAngry, but not bad people on the Brandenburg countryside

The Crisis of Masculinities – A Brief Overview

The so-called crisis of masculinity has drawn much attention and concern by politicians, academics, the public, and most dominantly, the … Continue ReadingThe Crisis of Masculinities – A Brief Overview

There are many factors that explain the upheaval of populism. Postmodernism is one of them. In the Netherlands, certainly the … Continue ReadingHow Postmodernism Advanced Populism: An Inside Story From The Netherlands

This year, Social Science Works has been working on the project ‘Deliberation Against Populism’ in which we have contacted citizens … Continue ReadingLong Read: Our Fellows Respond To Right Wing Populist Arguments

In the deliberative project “Deliberation against Populism” we organized two events with citizens from Brandenburg, Germany, to discuss the problems … Continue ReadingDeliberation Against Populism: Reconnecting Radicalizing Citizens In East Germany & Elsewhere

The year 2016 experienced unheard of electoral turbulence. While many thought that Brexit would mark the political event to be … Continue ReadingThe Center Does Not Hold: The Supply & Demand of the New Right’s Success

In the wake of the turbulent US election, social theorist Nancy Fraser wrote that the progressive neoliberal politics of the … Continue ReadingProgressive Neoliberalism & the Pull of Populism

2016 was a banner year in atypical electoral outcomes. At the outset of the year, few would have predicted the … Continue ReadingThe Wave: The Rise Of European Far-Right Populism