Kai Arzheimer

@kai-arzheimer.com

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Politics Prof @powimz.bsky.social | parties, elections, attitudes, behaviour | right-wing extremism/populism/radicalism https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/

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Kai Arzheimer is a German professor of Political Science at the University of Mainz. Previously, he was a Lecturer in German and West European Politics at the Department of Government of the University of Essex. In 2017-2018, he held the Hannah Arendt Visiting Chair in German and European Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. .. more

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1h

Radical Right Research Robot (@[email protected])

subnational conditions: S. J. Turnbull-Dugarte and J. Rama. “When the Us Far-right Sneezes, the European Far-right Catches a Cold. Quasi-experimental Evidence of Electoral Contagion From Spain”. In: Electoral Studies 76 (2022), p. online first.

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 4h

Bit of a slow news day in #Germany, eh?

Former German spy chief arrested for espionage and treason

August Hanning is accused of obtaining classified information for a foreign power.

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 6h

NB: the #AfD state party in Saxony-Anhalt is not just #farright: it has been classified as a right-wing extremist organisation since 2023. What could possibly go wrong?

Germany news: Far-right AfD gets first house speaker in a German state parliament

For the first time since World War II, a far-right party has a house speaker in a German state parliament. And Germany's foreign minister has warned that the climate crisis could fuel extremism. DW has more.

www.dw.com

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 11h

Morning, folks

A woman in a white nightgown sits on the edge of her bed, head in hand, looking exhausted. Sunlight streams through a window behind her. Text above reads: “I can understand why chickens wake up and scream.”

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 18h

Pandemic memories: encountering an unexpected work of political art in the sticks #tbp

Trump and trees - kai arzheimer

On today’s walk in the local woods, I found this unexpected piece of political art. Stick-Trump is saying “bye”. The stick-kids are asking where their family

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1d

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Charlie Devereux @charliedevereux.bsky.social · 1d

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Spain's Sanchez gambles on snap election after housing protests give rare boost

The snap vote is a high-stakes gamble for Sanchez, whose Socialist Party trails in nearly ‌every opinion poll.

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1d

#tbp: the Schwartz values matter for political secularism 🌐📚 #ValuesAndSecularism 🤔 ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1d

Words to live by

Orange cartoon character with a sideways glance, with the text "I DON'T FREAK unless froken to" on a purple background.

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1d

A wonderfully silly coda to our 🇫🇷 road trip. Last time I watched these, aged 11 or so, the masks gave me nightmares, and that (and the cars) was about all I could remember. This time, I'm in a much better position to appreciate the leads' great performance (& everything else). Fantastique!