Cas Mudde

Cas Mudde
Mudde at a debate in 2018
Born (1967-06-03) 3 June 1967 (age 57)
Geldrop, Netherlands
OccupationPolitical scientist
AwardsStein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research
Academic background
Alma materLeiden University (MA, PhD)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity 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]

  1. ^ "Cas Mudde". University of Georgia. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  2. ^ Bio Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Demeulemeester, Simon; De Preter, Jeroen (27 June 2017). "Populisme-expert Cas Mudde: 'Zelfs het establishment is vandaag anti-establishment'" (in Dutch). Knack. Ik sta, zelfs naar Europese normen, nogal links in de wereld. ... Om u een persoonlijk voorbeeld te geven: als lesgever steek ik mijn linkse ideeën niet weg. [I am, even by European standards, quite politically leftist. ... To give you a personal example: as a teacher, I don't put away my leftist ideas.]