📣New open access publication 📣 'Enjoying ‘Expertise’: A Critical Fantasy Study of Pro-‘Expert’ Anti-populism in UK and US Political Commentary', or, how anti-populists think 'the experts' can save us www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🧵1/

Enjoying ‘Expertise’: A Critical Fantasy Study of Pro-‘Expert’ Anti-populism in UK and US Political Commentary

Anti-populist discourse often presents ‘populism’ as a threat to ‘expertise’, taking the side of ‘experts’ against their ‘populist’ opponents. However, the role of enjoyment in inciting identificat...

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🔔Online First! 🔔Open Access and Free to Read!🔓 A Cure for ‘Populism’? Diagnostic and Prognostic Framing in Anti-Populist Political Punditry You can read the full article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... By @alexyates2000.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

A Cure for ‘Populism’? Diagnostic and Prognostic Framing in Anti-Populist Political Punditry - Alex Yates, 2026

Despite growing scholarly interest in anti-populism, the remedies proposed by anti-populists to counter ‘populism’ remain underexplored. I address this gap by e...

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🆕 Is “right-wing populism” a myth? 🧚 @alexyates2000.bsky.social & @aurelmondon.com argue three reasons why the #Populist label is ill-fitting for #FarRight politics, calling for the more common use of precise but stigmatising signifiers

There is no such thing as ‘right-wing populism’: Reclaiming the emancipatory potential of populism in reactionary times | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

There is no such thing as ‘right-wing populism’: Reclaiming the emancipatory potential of populism in reactionary times

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#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social - There is no such thing as ‘right-wing populism’: Reclaiming the emancipatory potential of #populism in reactionary times - cup.org/3OnC5wz - @alexyates2000.bsky.social & @aurelmondon.com #FirstView

📣New article📣 'There is no such thing as 'right-wing populism.' Check it out below! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Aurelien Mondon@aurelmondon.com · 4mo ago

🚨New article🚨 What if the misguided construction of 'right-wing populism' has prevented us from holding the elite accountable and rejuvenate democracy? This is what @alexyates2000.bsky.social and I explore in our new article: 'There is no such thing as ‘right-wing populism’' 1/ shorturl.at/jptiu

Although anti-populism has a place for ‘the people’ through nominally democratic processes of voting and peaceful protest against ‘populism’, it ultimately aims at the restoration of responsible elite rule: government for the people, rather than of or by them journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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📣New publication📣 '‘This Is Not Europe’: Investigating the Commission's Anti-Populist Articulation of ‘European Values’' or how the Commission constructs the threat of 'populism' to deflect from its own exclusionary policies and discourses onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧵 1/

‘This Is Not Europe’: Investigating the Commission's Anti‐Populist Articulation of ‘European Values’

Whilst ‘populism’ is often considered antithetical to ‘European values’, how this contrast shapes the very meaning of such ‘values’ remains underexplored. This article investigates the European Commi...

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📣New publication 📣 'A Cure for ‘Populism’? Diagnostic and Prognostic Framing in Anti-Populist Political Punditry' in @psrjournal.bsky.social. In this paper, I show how the 'cures' prescribed by anti-populists are elite-centric and embolden reactionary politics. 🧵 /1 doi.org/10.1177/1478...

The Bath branch of @reacpolrn.bsky.social has put together a policy study on the progressive strategies needed to halt the mainstreaming of the far right. Check it out below 👇

Aurelien Mondon@aurelmondon.com · 5mo ago

🚨New policy study🚨 There must be an alternative: Against mainstream defeatism and towards the rejuvenation of the democratic public space We make seven key recommendations to turn the tide @feps-europe.eu 🧵 1/ feps-europe.eu/publication/...

This is sure to be a great event. For anyone interested in decolonial studies, feminist thought, democratic theory, psychoanalysis, or (anti-)populism make sure you sign up to this hybrid book launch below!

Reactionary Politics Research Network@reacpolrn.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📣Book launch📣 Join us on Thursday 12th March (6pm GMT) for the launch of Europe's Populist Condition by @emmyeklundh.bsky.social. Sign up for this hybrid event below! reacpol.net/populist-con...

So excited about the launch of our two new publications at @reacpolrn.bsky.social. For critical interventions which deal with questions of resistance and strategy in the global reactionary moment, please consider submitting your work to Red Lines. reacpol.net/red-lines/

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Reactionary Politics Research Network@reacpolrn.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The RPRN's two new publications are open for submissions! Red Lines is a space for political interventions on resisting reaction. The Reactionary Politics Working Paper series aims to publish cutting-edge scholarship on reactionary politics. Submit your work below! reacpol.net/publications/

It really shouldn't have to be said anymore but "populism" is not the threat, it's a diversion away from the threat and crucially from the systemic nature of the issue we are facing In doing so, it also legitimises the far right

It's not only Trump: The Home Office under Starmer and Cooper is tearing families apart just like ICE. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

UK Home Office tells parents their children should return to Brazil alone

While Ana Luiza Cabral Gouveia and Hugo Barbosa can remain, letter says sons, 11 and eight, must go back to Brazil

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This was a pleasure to be involved with last year. Sign up for this free(!), hybrid summer school on critical approaches to the study of reactionary politics. Deadlines for applications 15th July.

Reactionary Politics Research Network@reacpolrn.bsky.social · last yr.

📣Applications for the second Reactionary Politics Summer School are open📣 The summer school provides a space to develop key skills for the research of reactionary politics. It will be hosted hybrid and attendance is free. Bursaries are also available. Sign up below! reacpol.net/summer-schoo...

Nope! This week has been a full-throated embrace by Starmer of the racism that has been immanent in mainstream discourse on migration for decades. 'Populism' has precisely nothing to do with it.

"Instead of popular sovereignty, for anti-populism, democratic desires should be repressed for the common good: the return of depoliticised enjoyment for all."

BJPIR@bjpir.bsky.social · last yr.

📈 Trending in BJPIR this week '‘Get off your high horse and vote for us’: The anti-populist construction of the elite and the people' by @alexyates2000.bsky.social & @aurelmondon.bsky.social ⬇️ Find the article in #OpenAccess here: buff.ly/tfbLfhH @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Our statement on the UK Supreme Court's ruling on the Equality Act. We stand in solidarity with trans and non-binary people and believe that it is the responsibility of researchers to hold our institutions to account to defend trans equality and dignity. reacpol.net/supreme-cour...

RPRN statement on the Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act - Reactionary Politics Research Network

The RPRN stands in solidarity with trans and non-binary people and believes that it is the responsibility of researchers and academics to hold our institutions to account to defend trans equality and ...

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Our final #PSA25 panel—held in partnership with Italian Politics SG—wraps up with a sharp discussion on populism and economic elites. Chaired by Vladimir Borden, with papers by Adam Dinsmore, @lauramontecchio.bsky.social, @alexyates2000.bsky.social, Reid Kleinberg & Lorenzo Ghiduci.

Check out my interview with @reacpolrn.bsky.social on my paper (co-authored w/ @aurelmondon.bsky.social) which looks at how anti-populist discourses construct their own versions of 'the people' and 'the elite' for post-democratic ends.

Reactionary Politics Research Network@reacpolrn.bsky.social · last yr.

📢New blog📢 Our member, @alexyates2000.bsky.social, discusses the construction of 'the elite' and 'the people' in anti-populist discourse and whether or not populism is still a useful term in political studies. Check it out below! reacpol.net/anti-populis...

This framing illustrates well how the Guardian editorial line rests on a mix of populist hype and anti-populism All ills are blamed on 'the people' which allows the Guardian and many of their readers to avoid reflecting on their own power and responsibility in the current political moment

Aurelien Mondon@aurelmondon.com · last yr.

Framing this article around "eating less kebabs" is really strange... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

There is no choice but to take decisive and radical action if we are to turn the tide against the dystopian reactionary tech oligarchy @jfarkas.bsky.social and I in the @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/01/26/t...

Why It's Time to Fight Back Against the Dystopian Tech-Trump Oligarchy

Those who watched silently as reactionary tech bosses seized power in the US must now wake up and fight back, argues Johan Farkas and Aurelien Mondon

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📢New blog entry: What Should ‘Pluralism’ Mean in Populism Studies? Written by Alex Yates (alexyates2000.bsky.social). Based on Yate's recent article in journalpolitics.bsky.social entitled 'Pluralising pluralism in the study of populism'. Link below👇 www.psapopulism.org/blog/researc...

Although anti-populism has a place for ‘the people’, it ultimately aims at the restoration of responsible elite rule: government for the people, rather than of or by them @alexyates2000.bsky.social and I in @bjpir.bsky.social

BJPIR@bjpir.bsky.social · 2y ago

📝 Don't miss this new BJPIR article! '‘Get off your high horse and vote for us’: The anti-populist construction of the elite and the people' by @alexyates2000.bsky.social & @aurelmondon.bsky.social 🔓 Find the full article in #OpenAccess here:

📝 Don't miss this new BJPIR article! '‘Get off your high horse and vote for us’: The anti-populist construction of the elite and the people' by @alexyates2000.bsky.social & @aurelmondon.bsky.social 🔓 Find the full article in #OpenAccess here:

📣 New blog for @populismpsa.bsky.social 📣 'What Should Pluralism Mean in Populism Studies?' In this blog, I encourage populism scholars to think more critically about pluralism and its relationship with left-wing populism. Check it out below! www.psapopulism.org/blog/researc...

Alex Yates: What Should 'Pluralism' Mean in Populism Studies?

What Should ‘Pluralism’ Mean in Populism Studies? Published on 21 January 2025 Alex Yates University of Bath A commonly made critique of populism, which pits ‘the people’ against ‘the elite’ is that i...

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📝 New BJPIR article out now! '‘Get off your high horse and vote for us’: The anti-populist construction of the elite and the people' by @alexyates2000.bsky.social & @aurelmondon.bsky.social 🔓 Find the full article in #OpenAccess here:

"Anti-populism ultimately aims at the restoration of responsible elite rule: government for the people, rather than of or by them" @alexyates2000.bsky.social and I look at the impact of anti-populism on democracy journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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If you want to understand what's behind the careless use of 'populism' in mainstream media and punditry, the article linked below is for you! In it, @alexyates2000.bsky.social and I look at what's behind anti-populism and the threat it poses to democracy journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Aurelien Mondon@aurelmondon.com · 2y ago

The Guardian prioritises "populism" in its framing as expected One could think racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia etc were the more concerning elements that have been normalised Populist hype is a hell of a drug...

📣 New open access article w/ @aurelmondon.bsky.social in @bjpir.bsky.social 📣 We discuss how anti-populist discourse constructs a circumscribed version of 'the people', whose only proper role is to support 'good' and 'responsible' liberal elites. Check it out below!

Aurelien Mondon@aurelmondon.com · 2y ago

New article out co-authored w. @alexyates2000.bsky.social in @bjpir.bsky.social ‘Get off your high horse and vote for us’: The anti-populist construction of the elite and the people or how anti-populism is really good old demophobia 🧵 1/ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The Telegraph, Mail, and Express exist to shape elite opinion by claiming to speak for "the people." Starmer's "small boats week" shows how effective this right-wing media apparatus remains.

Alex von Tunzelmann@alexvont.bsky.social · 2y ago

I’ve wondered why super-rich owners keep pushing right-wing bias in their papers, since they no longer reflect or drive public opinion (if they did, the Tories would have won the last election). I think it’s that they’re still paid attention by MPs/journos/BBC. And maybe they’re a comfort blanket