The notion of 'place'has become a central concern in research on the populist radical right
(PRR), but scholars seem to have different things in mind when talking about how …

A wealth of recent research in comparative politics examines how spatial variation in
historical conditions shapes modern political outcomes. In an article in the American Political …

Contemporary political behavior is often affected by historical legacies, but the specific
mechanisms through which these legacies are transmitted are difficult to pin down. This …

What characterizes regions where right‐wing populist parties are relatively successful? A
prominent hypothesis proposed in the emerging “geography of discontent” literature claims …

How does witnessing regime atrocities influence the political attitudes of bystanders? We
argue that observing regime violence against innocent civilians triggers psychological …

The German populist radical right party “Alternative for Germany”(AfD) was founded amid
various economic and political crises. This article argues that the electoral success of this …

While radical right parties championing anti-immigrant platforms have made electoral gains
throughout Europe, anti-immigrant sentiment—a key indicator of radical right support—has …

What social processes guide the spread of ethnic or racial exclusion? I investigate the
diffusion of medieval expulsions of Jews among over 500 polities in the western Holy …

We explore the legacy of foreign state repression by using the case of the de facto annexed
Nazi operational zones in Italy and a spatial regression discontinuity design. We show that …

While social scientists often theorize about the enduring effects of past regime
characteristics, conceptual issues and data limitations pose real challenges for assessing …