{{Short description|Swedish political sociologist (born 1969)}} '''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 [[Populism|populist]] [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] parties.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://people.su.se/~rydgr/|title=Professor Jens Rydgren |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website= |publisher=Stockholm University|access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref> 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.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://libris.kb.se/hitlist.jsp?q=förf%3A%28Rydgren%2C+Jens%2C+1969%29 Jens Rydgren] at [[LIBRIS]]
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rydgren, Jens}} [[Category:Swedish male writers]] [[Category:1969 births]] [[Category:Swedish sociologists]] [[Category:Academic staff of Stockholm University]] [[Category:Swedish political writers]] [[Category:Living people]]
{{Sweden-writer-stub}} {{Europe-sociologist-stub}}