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Articles by Vicente Valentim

April 9, 2021

How radical-right success influences mainstream political debate

Vicente Valentim
Do radical-right parties render political debate more negative?Recent studies indicate they might. But Tobias Widmann and Vicente Valentim show this is not true in Germany, where political discourse among mainstream parties becomes more positive when confronted with rhetoric from radical-right challengers
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Vicente Valentim
PhD Candidate in Political Science, European University Institute

Vicente's work focuses broadly on comparative politics, political behaviour, and political culture. Specifically, he is interested in how social norms can help us understand political behaviour.

In September 2021 Vicente will be joining Nuffield College, University of Oxford as a Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow in Politics.

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The Normalization of the Radical Right: A Norms Theory of Political Supply and Demand
Oxford University Press, 2024

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