Cas Mudde | |
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![]() Mudde at a debate in March 2018 | |
Born | Geldrop, Netherlands | 3 June 1967
Occupation | Political scientist |
Awards | Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Leiden University (MA, PhD) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Edinburgh University of Georgia's School of Public and International Affairs |
Cas Mudde (born 3 June 1967) is a Dutch political scientist who focuses on political extremism and populism in Europe and the United States.[1] His research includes the areas of political parties, extremism, democracy, civil society and European politics.[2] Mudde identifies himself as a political leftist.[3]
I am, even by European standards, quite politically leftist. (original: Ik sta, zelfs naar Europese normen, nogal links in de wereld) & To give you a personal example: as a teacher, I don't put away my leftist ideas. (original: Om u een persoonlijk voorbeeld te geven: als lesgever steek ik mijn linkse ideeën niet weg.)