The Supply and Demand of Right-Wing Populism in the 2020s

In recent years, right-wing populism has undergone deep transformations. On the supply-side, right-wing populists are increasingly mobilising on issues other than immigration, such as the environment, conspiracy theories, and gender. In addition, they have started to cooperate transnationally on these policy areas, by forming links with like-minded parties in different regions of the world, from Europe to the Americas. Such changes are reflected on the demand-side too, with right-wing populist voters developing new political attitudes and policy preferences. Our panel includes contributions which investigate these recent transformations, exploring both their supply-side (parties) and demand-side (electorates) dimensions. In particular, our papers focus on new issues and processes characterising this phase of right-wing populist politics, drawing on empirical evidence from Europe and beyond, and using a variety of qualitative and quantitative methods. The panel sheds light on one of the defining political phenomena of our times, by illustrating how right-wing populism is adapting to address new societal and political challenges in the 2020s.