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Populist Radical Right Parties in Europe
As Europe enters a significant phase of re-integration of East and West, it faces an increasing problem with the rise of far-right political parties. Cas Mudde offers the first comprehensive and truly pan-European study of populist radical right parties in Europe. He focuses on the parties themselves, discussing them both as dependent and independent variables. Based upon a wealth of primary and secondary literature, this book offers critical and original insights into three major aspects of European populist radical right parties: concepts and classifications; themes and issues; and explanations for electoral failures and successes. It concludes with a discussion of the impact of radical right parties on European democracies, and vice versa, and offers suggestions for future research.
- GenresNonfictionPolitics
404 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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Cas Mudde
22 books60 followersDutch political scientist who focuses his studies on political extremism and populism in Europe. His research includes the areas of political parties, extremism, democracy, civil society and European politics.
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March 31, 2017
Lumping populism under the "right-wing" banner is detrimental to our understanding of this phenomenon.
Populism does not adhere to a single foundational doctrine, political philosopher or intellectual tradition. To the contrary, it has multitude of contexts, multitude of definitions, and multitude of meanings. If one thing can be said for certain, is that the use of the term is pejorative which indicates certain semantic instrumentalisation of the term and the fact that its theoretical dimension remains in the shadow of emotional resonance. Populists, just like terrorists, rarely use this label to identify themselves.
I'd rather recommend this book by Cas Mudde: Populism: A Very Short Introduction; populist radical right is a waste of time.
Populism does not adhere to a single foundational doctrine, political philosopher or intellectual tradition. To the contrary, it has multitude of contexts, multitude of definitions, and multitude of meanings. If one thing can be said for certain, is that the use of the term is pejorative which indicates certain semantic instrumentalisation of the term and the fact that its theoretical dimension remains in the shadow of emotional resonance. Populists, just like terrorists, rarely use this label to identify themselves.
I'd rather recommend this book by Cas Mudde: Populism: A Very Short Introduction; populist radical right is a waste of time.
January 28, 2008
The title is pretty self explanatory. Very useful and approachable, it deals with one of the biggest issues facing Europe right now. Not that you care. It touches on issues of immigration and integration of ethnic minorities, which is the angle from which I'm approaching the book.
However this is one of the best and most up to date studies of teh composition of the Radical Right, how they arrived, how the affect mainstream parties and vice versa, their differences by country and by West v East Europe, etc.
It's not Hemingway, but for grad school fare it's fascinating.
However this is one of the best and most up to date studies of teh composition of the Radical Right, how they arrived, how the affect mainstream parties and vice versa, their differences by country and by West v East Europe, etc.
It's not Hemingway, but for grad school fare it's fascinating.
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