Fil Kand, Fil doktor
Senior Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- a.widfeldt@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272708
- Office Address
Room F35, Edward Wright Building
- School/Department
- School of Social Science
Biography
Appointed Lecturer in Nordic Politics at the University of Aberdeen in 1996, Dr. Widfeldt was previously with the Department of Political Science, Göteborg University, Sweden. He obtained his doctoral degree in 1997, with a study on party membership in Sweden.
- Research
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Research Overview
Right-wing radicalism, populism and extremism, political parties, party organisations and Nordic politics.
Research Areas
Politics and International Relations
Research Specialisms
- Comparative Politics
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
The Sweden Democrats.
Past Research
Party membership.
Comparative party organisations.
Right wing radicalism.
Historical fascism in the Nordic countries.
Supervision
Supervised PhDs on political parties in Nigeria, local parties in Norway and party organisations in Scotland.
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Comparative politics, Nordic politics, research methods.
Non-course Teaching Responsibilities
Examinations Officer for Politics and International Relations. Director of Teaching and Learning for School of Social Science 2013-19.
- Publications
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Scandinavia: Mixed success for the populist right
Parliamentary Affairs, vol. 53, pp. 486-500Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSpecial Issue Political Data Yearbook 1999 - Sweden
European Journal of Political Research, vol. 38, pp. 523-528Contributions to Journals: ArticlesState subsidies to political parties: Confronting rhetoric with reality
West European Politics, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 1-24Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01402380008425381
Linking Parties With People?: Party Membership in Sweden 1960-1994
Ashgate, Aldershot. 311 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksLosing touch? The political representativeness of Swedish parties, 1985-1994
Scandinavian Political Studies, vol. 22, pp. 307-326Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSpecial Issue: Political Data Yearbook, 1999 (1 January 1998-1 January 1999) - Sweden
European Journal of Political Research, vol. 36, pp. 511-518Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSpecial issue: Political Data Yearbook, 1998 (1 January 1997-1 January 1998) - Sweden
European Journal of Political Research, vol. 34, pp. 527-530Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSweden
European Journal of Political Research, vol. 32, no. 3-4, pp. 495-500Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.00370
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