The rise of authoritarian politics in ‘formal democracies’ across Europe has been met with various forms of protest. Some of these movements have achieved partial success. But evidence from the UK and France suggests that neoliberal governments are harnessing such resistance to accelerate authoritarianism and hostility towards marginalised people, write Joseph Ward and Thomas Da Costa Vieira
Joseph teaches and researches politics, political economy and public policy.
His work sits at the intersection of constitutional politics and political economy, analysing the rise of authoritarian politics in a context of declining neoliberal legitimacy.