Philipp Adorf Editor

Maciej Turek is an assistant professor at the Institute of American Studies in Polish Diaspora of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. His academic interests lie in American politics, including U.S. political institutions, elections, campaign finance system, and the state of contemporary U.S. democracy Dr. Turek authored books about the American Vice Presidency and presidential primaries, and co-authored to other about the U.S. campaign finance system and legal aspects. He also co-edited, with Renata Duda, a volume The Crossroads Elections. European Perspectives on the 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections (Routledge 2024).

Philipp Adorf is a research associate at the University of Bonn, specializing in the Republican Party and the influence of demographic changes on its radicalization and electoral dynamics in the United States. His scholarly work includes How the South Was Won and the Nation Lost, which examines the history and political consequences of the Republican Party's Southern Strategy, and Die Republikanische Partei in den USA, a comprehensive German-language history of the party. He has also analyzed the rise of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the success of right-wing populist parties among the white working class. Additionally, he has co-edited compendiums on U.S. democracy (Die USA—eine scheiternde Demokratie?) and right-wing populism (Aufstand der Außenseiter).