An enduring anti-fascist legacy in Italy

An enduring anti-fascist legacy in Italy 2
An enduring anti-fascist legacy in Italy (podcastaddict.com)

I am normally rather sceptical of historical explanations for far-right mobilisation and counter-mobilisation, but this podcast episode from The Conversation is very nuanced and quite convincing: 24 minutes of your time well spent.     https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/86c1fdc7-dc5c-44b5-a86c-72eed7fb3190.mp3

Podcast Wehrhafte Demokratie

Podcast Wehrhafte Demokratie 3

Mit Lawrence Meinig habe ich für den Forschungspodcast der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität über wehrhafte Demokratie, Rechtsextremismus, Islamismus und die Polizei gesprochen. Die Episode kann man sich direkt hier anhören oder unten im Transkript nachlesen EinleitungRechtsextremismus, Rechtsradikalismus, RechtspopulismusRegionale UnterschiedePolizeiforschungAndere Gefahren für die Demokratie: Linksextremismus, Islamismus, Reichsbürgerbewegung Einleitung Lawrence Meinig Demokratie bedeutet Vielfalt, Offenheit und auch Meinungsverschiedenheit. Doch…

Interview with Kathimerini on Merkel’s legacy

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Believe it or not, today, Angela Merkel is travelling to Athens again, and this time, she will be discussing …. her autobiography, which has been translated into Greek. Over at Kathimerini (organising the event), Xenia Kounalaki kindly asked for my opinion on various matters connected in one way or another to Merkel’s tenure. We had…

ME at the Margins: Average Marginal Effects, Marginal Effects at the Mean, and margins in Stata

ME at the Margins: Average Marginal Effects, Marginal Effects at the Mean, and margins in Stata 5

Stata’s margins command can be a bit confusing Stata’s margins is a postestimation command which does all sorts of amazing things. Margins is incredibly powerful, and the accompanying marginsplot command nearly always does just the right thing. Margins and marginsplot have almost singlehandedly changed the way people interpret the way model estimates (particularly estimates from…

May is the new April: the Spring 2025 update of the radical right bibliography

May is the new April: the Spring 2025 update of the radical right bibliography 9

Life is full of unforeseen, yet entirely predictable obstacles: over-committing, over-optimism, and yes, occasionally, over-indulgence. As a result, this year’s spring edition of the Eclectic, Erratic Bibliography on the Extreme Right (in (Western) Europe)™ is late, but here it comes. With 180 new titles, this is the second-biggest update ever, which just goes to show…