GL14 Populism and Polarization

The track on Populism and Polarization will provide a space for an open, pluralistic and lively debate on two of the most salient political phenomena of our era. We invite theoretical and empirical reflections on the topic that ranges from the party families to performance and dynamics. This track welcomes papers from all approaches and regions. Authors doing cross-regional comparisons are encouraged to send their papers. Studies focusing on the political polarization of gender, sexuality and ethnicity are welcome, as are those working on de-polarization. The track also wants to highlight works presenting methodological innovations in the field. These include measuring and identifying polarization and populism. We particularly invite papers dealing with emotions and social mediated politics in this context. As different approaches and traditions have been geared to or emerged in the study of this phenomenon, we also would like see papers and panels submitted in discussing particular approaches within this sub-field.