Publications
REXKLIMA publishes research in academic journals and edited volumes. A key publication at the beginning of the project period is the volume Contemporary Germany and the Fourth Wave of Far-Right Politics. From the Streets to Parliament, which includes contributions by a large number of leading German and international experts.
Publications during the funding period:
2026:
"Varieties of left-wing authoritarianism? The local foundations and intra-party heterogeneity of the German challenger party BSW" (2026, Party Politics), by Eric Linhart, Jan Philipp Thomeczek, Manès Weisskircher and Benjamin Höhne
"The AfD and its Electoral Persistence in Eastern Germany. Causes, Issues, and Implications" (2026, Special Issue in German Politics), by Anna-Sophie Heinze, Steffen Kailitz, Gert Pickel and Manès Weisskircher
"Social Movements" (2026, IPSA Companion to Political Science), by Manès Weisskircher
"Rechtsradikalismus und Rechtsextremismus in der Vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft" (2026, Handbuch Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft), by Manès Weisskircher and Anna-Sophie Heinze
"Explaining Attitudes Towards Climate Action in Germany: AfD vs. the Greens, the East vs. the West, Wind vs. Solar Energy" (German Politics), by Manès Weisskircher, Matthias Diermeier, Leonie Singer, Zadekia Krondorfer and Elisabeth Oertel
"Rechte Klimaobstruktion. Wie die AfD Sachsen gegen Klimapolitik mobilisiert" (2026, EFBI Jahrbuch Demokratie in Sachsen 2025), by Manès Weisskircher
"Elektromobilität: Parteipräferenzen prägend für Kaufabsicht" (2026, IW-Kurzbericht 3/2026 zusammen mit REXKLIMA), by Matthias Diermeier, Thomas Puls and Manès Weisskircher
"The People against the Sun? Ideology and Strategy in Far-Right Parties' Climate Obstruction of Solar Energy" (2026, Environmental Politics), by Manès Weisskircher and Sabine Volk
2025:
"Climate Action versus Environmental Protection? How Environmental and Far-right Messengers Shape Public Attitudes towards Renewable Energy in Forests" (Environmental Politics), by Manès Weisskircher and Matthias Diermeier
"Shifts, Changes and Missed Opportunities? Reflection on the 2016 Special Issue Contemporary Far Right Racist Populism in Europe" (Journal of Intercultural Studies), by Ulrike Vieten, Scott Poynting, Fabian Virchow, and Manès Weisskircher
"German Politics in Times of Crises: The Success of the Post-Merkel Conservatives in the 2025 Federal Election" (2025, Journal of Common Market Studies), by Manès Weisskircher
"A normal(ised) far-right party? A long-term perspective on the FPÖ’s electoral strength in Austria" (2025, The Political Quarterly), by Manès Weisskircher
"The Rise of the AfD During the Fourth Wave of Far-right Politics: Putting the Case of Germany in an International Perspective" (2025, Authoritarian Trends and Parliamentary Democracy in Europe), by Manès Weisskircher
"Rechtspopulistische Mobilisierungsthemen: Demokratievorstellungen, Migration, Anti-Genderismus und Klimapolitik" (2025, Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung), by Benjamin Höhne and Manès Weisskircher
"Das Parteiensystem in Sachsen. Jahrzehntelange CDU-Dominanz und die Herausforderung der AfD im Parlament und auf der Straße" (2025, Regionale Vielfalt? Neuere Trends subnationaler Parteiensysteme in Deutschland), by Manès Weisskircher
"Backlash-Effekt: Wie AfD-Kritik der Windkraft Zustimmung verschafft" (2024, IW-Kurzbericht 89/2025 zusammen mit REXKLIMA), by Matthias Diermeier and Manès Weisskircher
"Why social movements struggle to change the EU: the ‘EU mobilization package’ and the case of DiEM25" (2025, Comparative European Politics), by Alvaro Oleart and Manès Weisskircher
"Climate Obstruction. Wie Rechtsaußen-Parteien Klimapolitik blockieren“ (2025, Raumentwicklung. ARL-Journal für Wissenschaft und Praxis), by Elisabeth Oertel and Leonie Singer
2024:
"Far-right movement-party activism as strategy: Germany’s ’peace movement’ during Russia’s war against Ukraine" (2024, Acta Politica), by Manès Weisskircher
"Love as a key emotion for the far right? Environmentalism, affective politics and the Anastasia ecological settler movement in Germany" (2024, Environmental Values), by Manuela Beyer and Manès Weisskircher
"Soziale Bewegungen: Die Politisierung der Zivilgesellschaft im Kontext neuer gesellschaftlicher Konfliktlinien" (2024, Zivilgesellschaftliches Engagement und Freiwilligendienste), by Swen Hutter und Manès Weisskircher
"Breite Zustimmung zum Ausbau der Erneuerbaren - Widerstände im ländlichen Ostdeutschland" (2024, IW-Kurzbericht 59/2024 together with REXKLIMA), by Matthias Diermeier and Manès Weisskircher
"Contemporary Germany and the Fourth Wave of Far-Right Politics. From the Streets to Parliament" (2024, Routledge), edited by Manès Weisskircher
"Reaching out beyond the national border? How far-right actors in Germany and Norway evaluate transnationalism" (2024, Nations and Nationalism), by Katrine Fangen and Manès Weisskircher
"Die neuen Themen Klima und Krieg: Die AfD als Krisenprofiteur der Zeitenwende" (2024, Transformationspolitik. Anspruch und Wirklichkeit der Ampel-Koalition), by Manès Weisskircher
"Fifty Years after Peter Singer's Animal Liberation: What has the Animal Rights Movement Achieved so Far?" (2024, The Political Quarterly), by Manès Weisskircher
"Austria. “Protecting democracy” in the context of an established far-right Lager – counterprotest against a far-right ball" (2024, Civil Democracy Protection. Success Conditions of Non-Governmental Organisations in Comparison), by Manès Weisskircher
"Anastasia als Brückenspektrum zwischen extremer Rechter und alternativen Milieus" (2024, Brennpunkte der »neuen« Rechten. Globale Entwicklungen und die Lage in Sachsen), by Manuela Beyer
2023:
"Subnational Politics and Far-Right Strength in Germany. The Importance of the East-West Divide" (2023, The Routledge Handbook of Far-Right Extremism in Europe), by Sabine Volk and Manès Weisskircher
"Direct Democracy and the Impact of the Alternative for Germany (AfD)? “Populist” Demand for Popular Sovereignty as Latent Political Conflict" (2023, Sovereignty in Conflict. Political, Constitutional and Economic Dilemmas in the EU), by Manès Weisskircher
"Defending democracy against the ‘Corona dictatorship’? Far-right PEGIDA during the COVID-19 pandemic" (2023, Social Movement Studies), by Sabine Volk and Manès Weisskircher
"Far-Right PEGIDA. Non-violent Protest and the Blurred Lines Between the Radical and Extreme Right" (2023, Routledge Handbook of Non-Violent Extremism), by Sabine Volk und Manès Weisskircher
Groundwork:
"Global warming and polarization. Wind turbines and the electoral success of the greens and the populist radical right" (2022, European Journal of Political Research), by Cyrill Otteni and Manès Weisskircher
"AfD gegen die Grünen? Rechtspopulismus und klimapolitische Polarisierung in Deutschland" (2022, Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen), by Cyrill Otteni and Manès Weisskircher
"What is the relationship between the far right and environmentalism?" (2022, C-REX Compendium), by Iris Beau Segers and Manès Weisskircher