[Poscgrad] Talk on Wed. 10/16

[Marissa Brookes]

just forwarding a message about an upcoming talk that might be of interest
--MB



*Political Authoritarianism and Support for Populism in Europe, the United
States and Latin America*

Arman Azedi*

Populist political parties are attracting an ever-growing share of support
worldwide. This project seeks to enhance our understanding of the values
and beliefs that drive ordinary citizens to back left-wing and right-wing
populists by investigating the role of political authoritarianism and
anti-democratic views. Some scholars propose that populist ideology
inherently contains divisive and intolerant tenets that conflict with
principles necessary to maintaining democracy. Focusing on three separate
political contexts, Western Europe, the United States, and Latin America,
the project reveals that political authoritarianism is associated with
support for populists depending on the ideology of the populist in
question. Citizens that support right-wing populists consistently display
disproportionately high levels of political authoritarianism and disregard
for democratic norms, while the left-wing populist support base does not.
The findings ultimately challenge monolithic portrayals of populism as
antidemocratic.

*Wednesday, October 16, 11 am-12:20pm*

*Interdisciplinary Studies Room North (INTN), Room 3023*



*Sponsored by the University of California-Riverside Political Science and
Sociology Departments, the Global Studies Program and the Institute for
Research on World Systems*

*Arman Azedi is a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Research on World
Systems at UCR. He received his PhD in Sociology from the University of
California-Irvine in 2024.
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