Episode 7: Vicente Valentim on the Normalization of the Radical Right

In the seventh episode of “Political Science? No Problem et al.” we talk to Vicente Valentim about the role of norms in the normalization of the far-right. How do social norms influence the expression of radical-right political preferences? How do skilled far-right candidates strategically erode social norms through entrepreneurship? How does a norm-based theory of far-right support interact with economic and cultural explanations? Moreover, we talked about what Vicentes research implies for strategies on countering far-right parties.  You can find Vicentes website here: https://www.vicentevalentim.com/  and follow him on Twitter here: https://x.com/ValentimVicente and here on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/valentimvicente.bsky.social.  The book discussed in the episode can be found here: https://academic.oup.com/book/57946?login=false If you'd like to give us feedback, consider rating the podcast wherever you listen to it or send us a message on Twitter (https://twitter.com/V_Burgi & https://twitter.com/Julius_Ktxt). You may also follow us on BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/juliusk.bsky.social & https://bsky.app/profile/vikburgi.bsky.social).