INTL2436 · International Studies

Comparative Politics of Populism and Migration in Europe

Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences

Have all European polities and societies become liberal after post-communist transitions? How have populist parties across the Continent transformed discourses, politics, and individual identities? How do race and exclusion of ethnic, religious, or other minorities figure into Europeans' everyday lives? How has migration uprooted social realities across Europe? The course will answer these questions and more through the lens of identity politics. It will trace and analyze the multiple transformations in Western and Eastern European politics and societies in the contemporary period, through a mix of theoretical texts, current case studies, and non-academic sources.