Jens Rydgren
Swedish sociologist and academic, expert on far right parties
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| Intro | Swedish sociologist and academic, expert on far right parties | |
| Places | Sweden | |
| is | Writer Professor Sociologist | |
| Work field | Academia Literature Social science | |
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Jens Rydgren (born 1969) is a Swedish writer, political commentator and a professor of sociology, at Stockholm University. Specialising in research of political sociology, for many years he has studied populist right-wing parties. In 2002 he defended his thesis Political Protest and Ethno-Nationalist Mobilization: The Case of the French National Front in a debate with Sidney Tarrow of Cornell University. He has appeared as an expert on right wing populist parties, including the Sweden Democrats, in various news media.