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Taking PEGIDA as an example for right wing populist protest in Germany the analyses focus on the effect of the perceived climate of opinion in the population, among friends/acquaintances and colleagues/neighbors on political communication....
For some time now, right-wing extremism in (German) security authorities has not only occupied the authorities themselves, but also social science research. However, little attention has been paid to the extremist actors themselves, such as their...
While the election of African heads of state takes centre stage in political research, only scant attention is paid to legislative elections. However, the latter are no negligible sideshow. Even though parliamentary assemblies face considerable...
History laws are not a new phenomenon, but have been known for centuries. To understand the current French debates on the laws associated with the term "loi mémorielle", it is necessary to consider the French legal and political system, but also a...