Dr Fred Paxton

  • Research Fellow (Political & International Studies)

Biography

Fred Paxton joined the University of Glasgow in September 2024. He is working on a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship titled Identity at the roots: place-based identity politics in divided societies. 

Fred was awarded his PhD from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy in 2021. His work has been published in leading journals including Political Science Research and Methods, and Government and Opposition. His first book, Restrained Radicals: Populist Radical Right Parties in Local Government, was published in 2023 by Cambridge University Press.

Research interests

  • Populism
  • Radical (left and right) parties
  • Subnational (regional and local) politics
  • Social media and online political communication
  • Social movements and movement parties

Research groups

  • Politics

Publications

List by: Type | Date

Jump to: 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019
Number of items: 11.

2024

Borbáth, E. and Paxton, F. (2024) Movement parties in Europe: a comparative assessment. Acta Politica, (doi: 10.1057/s41269-024-00381-3) (Early Online Publication)

Paxton, F. (2024) Right up their street? News media framing of the protest activities of far-right movement parties. Acta Politica, (doi: 10.1057/s41269-024-00334-w) (Early Online Publication)

Peace, T. and Paxton, F. (2024) Populist pragmatism: the nationalisation of local government strategies by the Rassemblement National. Acta Politica, 59, pp. 264-288. (doi: 10.1057/s41269-023-00292-9)

2023

Paxton, F. (2023) Restrained Radicals: Populist Radical Right Parties in Local Government. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781009379113 (doi: 10.1017/9781009379069)

2022

Paxton, F. (2022) With a little help from their friends: the consequences of populists in national government for policymaking in local government. Government and Opposition, 57(4), pp. 630-655. (doi: 10.1017/gov.2021.11)

Paxton, F. (2022) What's in a buzzword? a systematic review of the state of populism research in political science. Political Science Research and Methods, 10(3), pp. 617-633. (doi: 10.1017/psrm.2021.44)

Pettrachin, A. and Paxton, F. (2022) How do populists make decisions? : the Five Star Movement and the Lega in local government during the 'refugee crisis'. Contemporary Italian Politics, 14(1), pp. 24-48. (doi: 10.1080/23248823.2021.2005338)

2021

Paxton, F. and Peace, T. (2021) Window dressing? The mainstreaming strategy of the Rassemblement National in power at the local level of government. Government and Opposition, 56(3), pp. 545-562. (doi: 10.1017/gov.2020.11)

Paxton, F. (2021) Varieties of inclusionary and exclusionary populism in the Italian regional elections 2018-20. Contemporary Italian Politics, 13(4), pp. 402-422. (doi: 10.1080/23248823.2021.1969785)

2020

Paxton, F. (2020) Towards a populist local democracy? The consequences of populist radical right local government leadership in Western Europe. Representation, 56(3), pp. 411-430. (doi: 10.1080/00344893.2019.1643771)

2019

Paxton, F. (2019) The populist performance of urban crisis : the policy influence of radical right populist parties in leadership of local government in Austria and Italy. In: Biard, B., Bernhard, L. and Betz, H. G. (eds.) Do They Make a Difference? : the Policy Influence of Radical Right Populist Parties in Western Europe. ECPR Press: London, pp. 123-145. ISBN 9781785523304

This list was generated on Sun Jan 26 03:44:19 2025 GMT.
Jump to: Articles | Books | Book Sections
Number of items: 11.

Articles

Borbáth, E. and Paxton, F. (2024) Movement parties in Europe: a comparative assessment. Acta Politica, (doi: 10.1057/s41269-024-00381-3) (Early Online Publication)

Paxton, F. (2024) Right up their street? News media framing of the protest activities of far-right movement parties. Acta Politica, (doi: 10.1057/s41269-024-00334-w) (Early Online Publication)

Peace, T. and Paxton, F. (2024) Populist pragmatism: the nationalisation of local government strategies by the Rassemblement National. Acta Politica, 59, pp. 264-288. (doi: 10.1057/s41269-023-00292-9)

Paxton, F. (2022) With a little help from their friends: the consequences of populists in national government for policymaking in local government. Government and Opposition, 57(4), pp. 630-655. (doi: 10.1017/gov.2021.11)

Paxton, F. (2022) What's in a buzzword? a systematic review of the state of populism research in political science. Political Science Research and Methods, 10(3), pp. 617-633. (doi: 10.1017/psrm.2021.44)

Pettrachin, A. and Paxton, F. (2022) How do populists make decisions? : the Five Star Movement and the Lega in local government during the 'refugee crisis'. Contemporary Italian Politics, 14(1), pp. 24-48. (doi: 10.1080/23248823.2021.2005338)

Paxton, F. and Peace, T. (2021) Window dressing? The mainstreaming strategy of the Rassemblement National in power at the local level of government. Government and Opposition, 56(3), pp. 545-562. (doi: 10.1017/gov.2020.11)

Paxton, F. (2021) Varieties of inclusionary and exclusionary populism in the Italian regional elections 2018-20. Contemporary Italian Politics, 13(4), pp. 402-422. (doi: 10.1080/23248823.2021.1969785)

Paxton, F. (2020) Towards a populist local democracy? The consequences of populist radical right local government leadership in Western Europe. Representation, 56(3), pp. 411-430. (doi: 10.1080/00344893.2019.1643771)

Books

Paxton, F. (2023) Restrained Radicals: Populist Radical Right Parties in Local Government. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781009379113 (doi: 10.1017/9781009379069)

Book Sections

Paxton, F. (2019) The populist performance of urban crisis : the policy influence of radical right populist parties in leadership of local government in Austria and Italy. In: Biard, B., Bernhard, L. and Betz, H. G. (eds.) Do They Make a Difference? : the Policy Influence of Radical Right Populist Parties in Western Europe. ECPR Press: London, pp. 123-145. ISBN 9781785523304

This list was generated on Sun Jan 26 03:44:19 2025 GMT.

Prior publications

ORCiD

(2021) The populist radical right in local power : understanding different forms of local government leadership by populist radical right parties in western Europe (uri: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/72519); source: Cadmus, EUI Research Repository

Grants

Identity at the roots: place-based identity politics in divided societies

Early Career Fellowship funded by the Leverhulme Trust. September 2024 - August 2027.


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