James Downes

James F. Downes is a lecturer in Comparative Politics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (SAR, China). He specialises in populist radical right and radical left parties in western and central-eastern Europe. He also works on issues related to immigration, and radical right-centre right party competition.

How the far right took over the mainstream

While white male voters tend to still make up a large proportion of far-right parties and right-wing extremist organisations in Europe, a more worrying problem exists.

By James Downes

/ 24 Sep 2020

How the far right took over the mainstream

¿Por qué la derecha populista ha superado a la izquierda populista radical en Europa?

Los partidos populistas, tanto de la derecha como de la izquierda radical del espectro político en Europa, han logrado avances electorales considerables en la última década, pero lo han hecho utilizando enfoques notablemente diferentes. English.

By James Downes, Joshua Townsley and Valerio Alfonso Bruno

/ 24 May 2019