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Michael Minkenberg is affiliated with the European University Viadrina in Germany. Their scholarly work is primarily situated within the Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities, with a stronger emphasis on fields such as Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Religious Studies, Education, and History.

The scientist's research covers topics that intersect religion, society, and politics. Key themes in their work include Religion and Society Interactions, Religion, Theology, and Education, Populism and Right-Wing Movements, Religious Education and Schools, Religion, Society, and Development, European Union Policy and Governance, and Electoral Systems and Political Participation.

Michael Minkenberg has authored several recent papers, including:

  • Depleting democracy? The radical right's impact on minority politics in Eastern Europe (2021) published in International Political Science Review
  • The Radical Right and Anti-Immigrant Politics in Liberal Democracies since World War II: Evolution of a Political and Research Field (2021) published in Polity
  • Religion and the Radical Right in West European Democracies: Christian and Para-Christian Identities (2025) published in Journal of Illiberalism Studies
  • Auszehrung der Demokratie: Politik- und Regimeeffekte der radikalen Rechten in Osteuropa (2024) published in ZRex - Zeitschrift für Rechtsextremismusforschung
  • Policy backlash: a novel approach to the study of radical right mobilisation (2021) published in European Political Science

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Michael Minkenberg include Zsuzsanna Végh, Anca Florian, Malisa Zobel, Michel Wieviorka, and Noël Delannoi.

The scientist has published extensively in a variety of venues, with notable contributions to Manchester University Press eBooks, ZRex - Zeitschrift für Rechtsextremismusforschung, International Political Science Review, Journal of Illiberalism Studies, and Polity.

Michael Minkenberg has contributed to book publications across several publishers. Notable book titles include:

  • Depleting Democracies (2023), published by Winchester University Press
  • Power and Architecture (2022), published by Berghahn Books
  • Religion und Politik in westlichen Demokratien (2024), published by Politik und Religion

This profile reflects a research career oriented toward understanding the dynamics of right-wing movements, minority politics, and the role of religion in politics and education within European contexts. The varied publication venues and collaboration network underscore a multidisciplinary approach leveraging expertise in social sciences and humanities.

Best Publications

  • The radical right in public office: agenda- setting and policy effects

    Michael Minkenberg

  • The Renewal of the Radical Right: Between Modernity and Anti‐modernity

    Michael Minkenberg

  • Die neue radikale Rechte im Vergleich. USA, Frankreich, Deutschland

    Michael Minkenberg

  • The Radical Right in Postsocialist Central and Eastern Europe: Comparative Observations and Interpretations

    Michael Minkenberg

  • Religion and Public Policy: Institutional, Cultural, and Political Impact on the Shaping of Abortion Policies in Western Democracies

    Michael Minkenberg

  • From Pariah to Policy-Maker? The Radical Right in Europe, West and East: Between Margin and Mainstream

    Michael Minkenberg

  • Die neue radikale Rechte im Vergleich

    Michael Minkenberg

  • The Policy Impact of Church-State Relations: Family Policy and Abortion in Britain, France, and Germany

    Michael Minkenberg

  • Democracy and Religion: Theoretical and Empirical Observations on the Relationship between Christianity, Islam and Liberal Democracy

    Michael Minkenberg

  • The Radical Right in the European Elections 2004

    Michael Minkenberg;Pascal Perrineau

  • The West European Radical Right as a Collective Actor: Modeling the Impact of Cultural and Structural Variables on Party Formation and Movement Mobilization

    Michael Minkenberg

  • Transforming the Transformation?: The East European Radical Right in the Political Process

    Michael Minkenberg

  • Staat und Kirche in westlichen Demokratien

    Michael Minkenberg

  • The Radical Right in Eastern Europe

    Michael Minkenberg

  • The Radical Right in Eastern Europe: Democracy under Siege?

    Michael Minkenberg

  • The New Right in Germany

    Michael Minkenberg

  • Vergleichen in der Politikwissenschaft

    Sabine Kropp;Michael Minkenberg

  • Repression and reaction: militant democracy and the radical right in Germany and France

    Michael Minkenberg

  • Politik und Religion

    Michael Minkenberg;Ulrich Willems

  • Religion and the Radical Right

    Michael Minkenberg

  • Party politics, religion and elections in Western democracies

    Michael Minkenberg

  • Context and Consequence: The Impact of the New Radical Right on the Political Process in France and Germany

    Michael Minkenberg

  • Between party and movement: conceptual and empirical considerations of the radical right’s organizational boundaries and mobilization processes

    Michael Minkenberg

  • Religion and Euroscepticism: Cleavages, Religious Parties and Churches in EU Member States

    Michael Minkenberg

  • Leninist beneficiaries? Pre-1989 legacies and the radical right in post-1989 Central and Eastern Europe. Some introductory observations

    Michael Minkenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Hajo G. Boomgaarden
Hajo G. Boomgaarden University of Vienna
James Mahoney
James Mahoney Northwestern University
André Freire
André Freire ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon
Rens Vliegenthart
Rens Vliegenthart Wageningen University & Research
Paul E. Peterson
Paul E. Peterson Harvard University
Jørgen Goul Andersen
Jørgen Goul Andersen Aalborg University
Claes H. de Vreese
Claes H. de Vreese University of Amsterdam

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