Dr. Benjamin Moffitt is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Political Science at Stockholm University. He is the author of 'The Global Rise of Populism: Performance, Political Style and Representation' (Stanford University Press, 2016).
His research interests include:
* Populism
* Political communication
* Politics and media
* Contemporary political and social theory
* Democratic theory
* Representation
* Political sociology
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