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Duncan McDonnell

Duncan McDonnell

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Political Science

D-Index
28
Citations
4977
World Ranking
1346
National Ranking
55

Overview

Duncan McDonnell is affiliated with Griffith University in Australia and specializes in Social Sciences, with a particular focus on Political Science and International Relations. Their research spans several subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies, Communication, and Artificial Intelligence. The scientist's work covers various topics, notably populism and right-wing movements, electoral systems and political participation, as well as gender politics and representation.

McDonnell has contributed to academic knowledge through publications in prominent venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • European Journal of Political Research
  • Perspectives on Politics
  • Parliamentary Affairs
  • Government and Opposition

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Duncan McDonnell include:

  • "The Language of Right-Wing Populist Leaders: Not So Simple" (2020), published in Perspectives on Politics
  • "Reputation versus office: Why populist radical right governmental participation has differed between Sweden and Denmark" (2021), International Political Science Review
  • "Equivocal Euroscepticism: How Populist Radical Right Parties Can Have Their EU Cake and Eat It" (2020), JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies
  • "It's about the type of career: The political ambition gender gap among youth wing members" (2022), European Journal of Political Research
  • "Australian Parties, Not Voters, Drive Under-Representation of Women" (2021), Parliamentary Affairs

The scientist has also authored a book titled International Populism, published by Oxford University Press in 2020.

Among the main topics covered in their work are:

  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Gender Politics and Representation
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Gender Diversity and Inequality
  • Media Influence and Politics
  • Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection

Duncan McDonnell collaborates frequently with several scholars, including:

  • Annika Werner
  • Stefano Ondelli
  • Sofia Ammassari
  • Reinhard Heinisch
  • Marco Valbruzzi

Best Publications

  • Twenty-First Century Populism: The Spectre of Western European Democracy

    Daniele Albertazzi;Duncan McDonnell

  • Twenty-First Century Populism

    Daniele Albertazzi;Duncan McDonnell

  • Saving the People: How Populists Hijack Religion

    Nadia Marzouki;Duncan Mcdonnell;Olivier Roy

  • Populists in Power

    Daniele Albertazzi;Duncan McDonnell

  • Introduction: The Sceptre and the Spectre

    Daniele Albertazzi;Duncan McDonnell

  • The Lega Nord in the second Berlusconi government: In a League of its own

    Daniele Albertazzi;Duncan McDonnell

  • Defining and classifying technocrat-led and technocratic governments

    Duncan McDonnell;Marco Valbruzzi

  • A Weekend in Padania: Regionalist Populism and the Lega Nord

    Duncan McDonnell

  • The Lega Nord Back in Government

    Daniele Albertazzi;Duncan McDonnell

  • Silvio Berlusconi’s personal parties : from Forza Italia to the Popolo della Libertà

    Duncan McDonnell

  • Populist Leaders and Coterie Charisma

    Duncan McDonnell

  • Right-wing populist party supporters: Dissatisfied but not direct democrats

    Shaun Bowler;David Denemark;Todd Donovan;Duncan McDONNELL

  • Outsider Parties in Government in Western Europe

    Duncan McDonnell;James L. Newell

  • Di lotta e di governo: The Lega Nord and Rifondazione Comunista in office:

    Daniele Albertazzi;Duncan McDonnell;James L. Newell

  • New political actors in Europe : Beppe Grillo and the M5S

    Jamie Bartlett;Caterina Froio;Mark Littler;Duncan Mcdonnell

  • The right-wing populism of India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (and why comparativists should care)

    Duncan McDonnell;Luis Cabrera

  • International Populism: The Radical Right in the European Parliament

    Annika Werner;Duncan McDonnell

  • The Republic of Ireland: The Dog That Hasn’t Barked in the Night?

    Duncan McDonnell

  • The Italian Lega Nord

    Duncan McDonnell;Davide Vampa

  • Respectable radicals: why some radical right parties in the European Parliament forsake policy congruence

    Duncan McDonnell;Annika Werner

  • Equivocal Euroscepticism: How Populist Radical Right Parties Can Have Their EU Cake and Eat It

    Reinhard Heinisch;Duncan McDonnell;Annika Werner

  • Inside the personal party: Leader-owners, light organizations and limited lifespans:

    Glenn Kefford;Duncan McDonnell

  • Populism and religion

    Nadia Marzouki;Duncan McDonnell

Frequent Co-Authors

Shaun Bowler
Shaun Bowler University of California, Riverside
Todd Donovan
Todd Donovan Western Washington University

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