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Podcast: New Books in South Asian Studies
Episode: Cas Mudde, "The Far Right Today" (Polity, 2019)
Description: What is the difference between Jean-Marie Le Penâs National Front and Donald Trumpâs election as U.S. president? Why should we understand Trump as part of a dangerous âfourth waveâ of radical right politicians? Dr. Cas Muddeâs new book The Far Right Today (Polity, 2019) argues that politicians like Le Pen represented a 20th-century marginalized populist radical right party but Trump (and others across the globe) represent a fourth wave in which the 21st-century radical right parties are normalized and mainstreamed all over the world such that three of the worldâs largest democracies (India, the United States, and Braz...