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SUMMARY:The Economics of Right-Wing Populism - Valentina Ausserladscheider
 \, Department of Sociology\, University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Dr Jenny Zhao
DESCRIPTION:Right-wing populism experiences unprecedented success on the E
 uropean political landscape. Illustrative of such success are the UK Indep
 endence Party´s Brexit campaign and the Austrian Freedom Party in the las
 t general elections. The first played a major role in the UK´s decision t
 o exit the European Union\, and the latter presents Austria´s current gov
 ernment in coalition with the conservative party. My research explores the
  communication of these parties to the public and the way in which their e
 conomic policy proposals changed over the past decades. In doing so\, I se
 ek to understand how economic ideas\, such as trade tariffs and renational
 izing industries regained popularity\; more specifically\, how are these m
 obilized to condemn European integration\, world markets and globalization
  and support cultural values such as nationalism\, nativism and cultural c
 onservativism. This research thereby contributes to the understanding of h
 ow the rise of right-wing populism is not just a cultural backlash against
  progressive values such as cosmopolitanism and multiculturalism\, but als
 o a reaction to neoliberal economic policies that shape the current econom
 ic system. \n\nValentina is an economic sociologist who is interested in s
 ocio-political ideas of elites shaping economic integration in Europe. Cur
 rently\, she is a PhD student at the Sociology Department of the Universit
 y of Cambridge. Her thesis investigates the rise of economic nationalist i
 deas in political elite´s discourse. This entails analyzing policy propos
 als such as the advocacy of monetary nationalism and protectionist trade t
 ariffs in Austria and the UK. For this\, she was awarded the Adam Smith Fe
 llowship for research on political economy by the George Mason University\
 , US.
LOCATION:The Richard King Room\, Darwin College
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