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Teaching politics in an era of Trump

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One of the most important challenges facing Political Science Faculty is the way in which the curriculum engages with, and responds to, the populist tide that has spread across a significant number of countries in recent decades. Over recent years there has been an increased level of research activity that has sought to explain the factors for the rise in populism. Yet less attention has been focused on the way in which the political science curriculum could, or should, respond to this change. This article provides an introductory landscape that sets out these challenges and identifies the contextual background for the three articles which comprise this symposium.

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  1. De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

    Alasdair Blair

  2. University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

    Daniel Stockemer

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Blair, A., Stockemer, D. Teaching politics in an era of Trump. Eur Polit Sci 19, 222–225 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41304-019-00222-4

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