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Podcast: De Balie
Episode: What is the Appeal of the Radical Right?
Description: In several democratic elections last year, radical right-wing populist movements have gained momentum, capturing the votes of working-class and minority communities. What has attracted voters to these political parties? In cooperation with the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS-KNAW), the Van Leer Institute and the Max-Weber-Institute-for-Sociology, De Balie organizes an event on the appeal of the populist right-wing movement.In the months after Donald Trump’s second presidential win, Democrats are asking themselves the uncomfortable question: how did we lose the working class vote? Republicans gained strong support from white workers in labor unions without a college deg...