Seminar series A populist or an anti-populist Zeitgeist? Mapping and explaining the asymmetric affective polarisation towards the far-right populist parties Add to calendar 2023-11-28 16:00 2023-11-28 17:30 Europe/Rome A populist or an anti-populist Zeitgeist? Sala Triaria Villa Schifanoia YYYY-MM-DD Print Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Send by email When 28 November 2023 16:00 - 17:30 CET Where Sala Triaria Villa Schifanoia Organised by Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies the Robert Schuman Centre Seminar Series Andres Reiljan, a Max Weber Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre, will present his research on the relationship between affective polarisation and far-right populist parties. Affective polarisation is the mutual antipathy between different political camps in society. Several aspects about this phenomenon, especially in multiparty systems, still remain unexplored. In this RSC seminar series, Andres Reiljan, Max Weber Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre, will shed light on the relationship between affective polarisation and another highly central phenomenon in current political science research: far-right populism. He demonstrates that a systematic 'far-right penalty' is present in most European countries, as these parties are significantly more disliked by the supporters of other parties than vice versa. His analysis reveals that this asymmetrical polarisation cannot be explained solely by the ideological extremity of the far right populist parties and attitudes towards democracy and elite behaviour needs to be considered as well to disentangle the puzzle. Scientific Organiser(s): Erik Jones (Director of the Robert Schuman Centre, EUI) Contact(s): Sarah Ilyse Bernstein (EUI - Schuman Centre) Speaker(s): Andres Reiljan (European University Institute) Chair(s): Daniele Caramani (European University Institute)