In a new book, Strength in Numbers: How Polls Work and Why We Need Them, G. Elliott Morris sets out to provide an ‘insightful exploration of political polling and a bold defense of its crucial role in a modern democracy’. I am interested in political polling and, unsuprisingly, I was looking forward to reading this […]
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Book Review: Covid by Numbers
Most people have their own personal stories to tell about the COVID-19 pandemic. The first encounter with the new virus, the experience of lockdowns (or lack hereof), (not) getting vaccinated, etc. We all have our own unique view on life during the pandemic. However, at the core of the pandemic was data. Statistics, numbers, graphs, […]
Review in Political Studies Review: ‘The Populist Radical Right: A Reader’
In the new issue of Political Studies Review, I provide a book review of The Populist Radical Right: A Reader. The book is a collection of 32 previously published journal articles and book chapters handpicked by the editor, Cas Mudde. I conclude in the review that: […] we are dealing with a significant and important […]