| Radical Right-Wing Populism in Western Europe 1994 Edition Contributor(s): Betz, Hans-Georg (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312083904 ISBN-13: 9780312083908 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1994 Annotation: During the past several years, society and politics in Western Europe have entered a period of extraordinary turbulence and dramatic change. Alarming levels of mass unemployment, waves of violent skin-head and neo-nazi attacks against socially vulnerable groups, and widespread public disaffection with the political system are symptoms of severe crisis in the post-war Western European settlement. Radical populist right parties have benefitted more from this crisis than any other political group. Largely relegated to the fringes of Western European politics in the post-war period, right-wing radical and extremist parties have made an impressive comeback to become one of the most significant political phenomena of the 1990s. Radical Right-Wing Populism in Western Europe offers a comprehensive analysis of the ideologies and programs of these parties, the factors that have contributed to their emergence, and their electoral base. Drawing on a wide range of empirical evidence from eight countries, the author concludes that given the magnitude of the economic, social, and cultural transformation confronting Western Europe's public (and the depth of the malaise that it has engendered), radical right-wing populist parties are bound to play a significant role in West European politics for the foreseeable future. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - Political Parties - Political Science | Political Process - Campaigns & Elections - Political Science | World - General |
| Dewey: 324.940 |
| LCCN: 94006696 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.76" W x 8.8" (1.06 lbs) 226 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Studies the new West European parties of the radical populist right, arguing that, in distancing themselves from the reactionary politics of the traditional extremist right, these parties have become a significant challenge to the established structure and politics of West European democracy today. |
