Philip Dandolov

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Philip Dandolov

Philip Dandolov is a Bulgarian researcher who is presently affiliated with the Sofia-based AURE (Agency for Sustainable Development and European integration). He earned his Ph.D. degree in European Union Studies from the University of Bath in June 2014. Prior to that he was enrolled as a student at the University of Leiden, where he finalized his MA studies in the same field. Philip is also an alumnus of the University of Toronto, from which he graduated in 2009, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree - a double Major in European Studies and Peace & Conflict Studies as well as a Minor in History. Philip’s current research interests include the Europeanization of political parties, nationalism in Eastern and Western Europe, the various dimensions of Euroscepticism, and nation-branding.

Paradoxes of Populism: The Dutch PVV, Geopolitical Turbulence and the Eastern European as the ‘Other’

Posted by Philip Dandolov | Nov 1, 2014 | Europe, Viewpoints |

The PVV has displayed a clear interest in elevating its international profile and shed its reputation as a notoriously selective and pedantic party…