Welcome to "No problem et al.!" This is a political science podcast by Viktor Burgi and Julius Kölzer. In this podcast, we will interview political scientists about their research in the context of bigger developments in politics and society: why were radical right parties in the last 20 years so successful? What are structural divides in contemporary Europe? How do current political events relate to long-term trends? You can find Julius and Viktor on Twitter (https://twitter.com/Julius_Ktxt and https://twitter.com/V_Burgi). Have fun!
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Episode 2: Nils Steiner on BSW and Left-authoritarian Voters
In the second episode of "Political Science? No Problem et al.!" we talk to Nils Steiner about the new German party "BSW", based on his research on the left-authoritarian supply gap. What is special about this party? What peculiar positions does it take on cultural and economic issues? What might its electorate look like? And does it pose a threat to the rise of the radical right in Germany?
Nils is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Mainz and studies voting behaviour, representation and political attitudes. You can follow him here on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NilsSteiner. If you are interested in Nils' research on left-wing authoritarian voting behavior and parties, here are two papers mentioned in the episode:
https://shorturl.at/BKR27
https://shorturl.at/qxEHO
The paper by Sarah Wagner, Constantin Wurthmann and Jan Philipp Thomeczek on the voter potential of the BSW can be found here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11615-023-00481-3
The mentioned analysis by Marc Debus, Christian Stecker and Jochen Müller on BSW party positions: https://twitter.com/DebusMarc/status/1744695079011254585
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