Electoral Victories of the Far Right Parties in Hungary, Israel, and Italy

The Department of International Relations cordially invites you to the panel titled "Electoral Victories of the Far Right Parties in Hungary, Israel and Italy" with Dr. Yossi Harpaz, Dr. Endre Borbath and Dr. Valerio Alfonso Bruno.

The event will take place online via Zoom on the 2nd of December between 14:00-15:30. 

Please click here for the event registration form. The Zoom link will be sent to the participants' emails half an hour before the event.

Join us in a discussion of recent electoral victories of the far right parties in Hungary (Fidesz), Israel (Likud), and Italy (FdI). Previous literature on the rise of far right parties focuses on cultural backlash or the effects of globalization as explanations. However, some country-specific variables might be necessary to explain these victories, such as COVID-19, economic problems, authoritarian nostalgia, minority issues, corruption, election systems, electoral manipulation, etc. In this panel, we will hear from three experts on the victories of the far-right parties in Hungary, Israel, and Italy to explain the support for Orban, Netanyahu, and Meloni. Our goal is to generate a comparative discussion on the global and country-specific factors and how they interact in specific places. 

Assist. Prof. Yossi Harpaz

Yossi Harpaz is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Tel-Aviv University. His research interests include political sociology, citizenship, immigration, nationalism and elites. Harpaz earned his Ph.D. in Sociology from Princeton University in 2016 and was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center. His book, Citizenship 2.0: Dual Nationality as a Global Asset, explores the consequences of the global shift toward the toleration of dual citizenship. His research was also published in the British Journal of Sociology, International Migration Review, the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, and other venues.

Dr. Endre Borbáth

Endre Borbáth is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Freie Universität Berlin and at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. His research interest include electoral and protest interactions, party competition, social movements, civil society, political participation, and politics in Central and Eastern Europe. He defended his PhD at the European University Institute in 2018.

Dr. Valerio Alfonso Bruno 

Valerio Alfonso Bruno is research fellow at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, where he collaborates with Polidemos (Centre for the Study of Democracy and Political Change), also a fellow at Far-Right Analysis Network (FRAN) and member of the Center for European Futures (CEF). He works on European and Italian politics, with a focus on populist and radical right-wing parties. He has recently contributed to the The Routledge Handbook of Far-Right Extremism in Europe and The Routledge Handbook of Non-Violent Extremism and is currently working on the books The rise of the Radical-Right in Italy (Ibidem/Columbia University Press) with J.F. Downes and A. Scopelliti and Brothers of Italy: Organisation, Leadership and Ideology (Springer) with M. Morini. His analyses and interviews have appeared, among others, on The Financial Times, The Economist, France 24, Al Jazeera, The Sunday Times, and The Daily Telegraph.