Articles by Reinhard Heinisch

March 31, 2023

🔮 How early insights about populism have stood the test of time

Reinhard Heinisch

The more populism has evolved and the more we have learned about this supposedly elusive and contested concept, the more we recognise that the early insights we gained about the phenomenon have stood the test of time. Reinhard Heinisch argues that although these early lessons already pointed to the importance of credible change agency, ambiguity, and territoriality as crucial features for populism's success, their role is still not fully understood

Reinhard Heinisch

Chair of Comparative Austrian Politics, Department Chair, Department of Political Science, University of Salzburg

Reinhard's main research centres on comparative populism, political parties, and democracy.

His research has appeared in journals such as the European Journal of Political Research, Journal of Common Market Studies, Party Politics, West European Politics, and Democratization.

Recent book publications include The People and the Nation: Populism and Ethno-Territorial Politics (Routledge 2019).

Funded projects have included an EU Horizon 2020 project on populism and a current project on conspiracy thinking and political behaviour.

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He tweets @reinhardheinis1

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