Fernando Casal Bértoa

Fernando Casal Bértoa is associate professor in comparative politics at the University of Nottingham and codirector of the Research Centre for the Study of Parties and Democracy (REPRESENT).

Facing the antiestablishment challenge: three remedies, but only one solution

The regeneration of the traditionally mainstream political parties is the only solution.

By Fernando Casal Bértoa and José Rama

/ 26 Jan 2021

Facing the antiestablishment challenge: three remedies, but only one solution

Representative politics in an era of everyday mobilisation

" The problem is not populism. The problem is when mainstream parties adopt the ideology of populism." A report-back from the World Forum for Democracy 2017 closing session.

By Fernando Casal Bértoa

/ 1 Dec 2017

To ban or not to ban? That is the question

Should we allow those fringe anti-systemic parties to undermine our democratic regimes from within, or should we ban them?

By Angela Bourne and Fernando Casal Bértoa

/ 27 Oct 2017

To ban or not to ban? That is the question

Should we allow those fringe anti-systemic parties to undermine our democratic regimes from within, or should we ban them?

By Angela Bourne and Fernando Casal Bértoa

/ 27 Oct 2017