Radical right movement parties in Europe

PART I Theory -- 1 Radical Right Movement Parties in Europe: An introduction Manuela Caiani and Ondřej Císař -- 2 Movements, parties, and movement parties of the radical right: Towards a unified approach? Manuela Caiani and Ondřej Císař -- PART II Western Europe -- 3 Alternative fü r Deutschland: From the streets to the Parliament? Jakob Schwörer -- 4 UKIP and the UK's radical right: A tale of movement party success? Jeanne Hanna and Joel Busher -- 5 Still a radical right movement party? Political opportunities, party strategy and the cultural context of the Front National in France Gilles Frigoli and Gilles Ivaldi -- 6 Neo-Fascist movement parties in Italy: The extreme right between electoral and protest politics Pietro Castelli Gattinara -- 7 From indignation to power: The genesis of the Independent Greeks Maik Fielitz -- 8 Remaining on the streets: Anti-Islamic PEGIDA mobilization and its relationship to far-right party politics Manès Weisskircher and Lars Erik Berntzen -- 9 The relationship between a movement party and its radical flank: The Sweden Democrats and the militant factions within the Swedish neo-Nazi ultra nationalist movement Abby Peterson -- PART III Central and Eastern Europe -- 10 Lo and behold: Jobbik and the crafting of a new Hungarian far right Andrea L.P. Pirro -- 11 Working in the gaps left behind: Radical right movement parties in a consolidating party system Ben Stanley -- 12 For the people, by the people? The Czech radical and populist right after the refugee crisis Ondřej Císař and Jiří Navrátil -- 13 Radicalization of radical right: Nativist movements and parties in the Slovak political process Oľga Gyárfášová -- 14 From streets to seats? Comparing movement-parties in southeast Europe: The cases of Kosovo and Macedonia Alma Vardari and Ivan Stefanovski -- 15 Conclusion: Movements vs. parties, movements and parties, movements or parties? Types of interactions within the radical right Manuela Caiani and Ondřej Císař

Cover -- Endorsement Page -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- List of abbreviations -- Part I Theory -- Chapter 1 Radical Right Movement Parties in Europe: an introduction -- Note -- References -- Chapter 2 Movements, parties, and movement parties of the radical right: towards a unified approach? -- Introduction: background story -- Radical right movement parties -- Party-movement interactions -- Our framework -- Notes -- References -- Part II Western Europe -- Chapter 3 Alternative für Deutschland: from the streets to the Parliament? -- Introduction -- Populism in Germany - difficult cultural opportunities -- Origins of the AfD and context of political and discursive opportunities -- From opportunities to resources: program and voters of the AfD -- The recipe for success: strategy and discourses of the AfD -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 UKIP and the UK's radical right: a tale of movement party success? -- Introduction -- 1993-2010: survival on the political fringe -- 2010-2015: UKIP as a serious electoral challenger -- UKIP during the EU referendum: the shift into movement politics -- The price of success: UKIP fractures after the 'Brexit' vote -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Still a radical right movement party? Political opportunities, party strategy and the cultural context of the Front National in France -- Introduction -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 Neo-fascist movement parties in Italy: the extreme right between electoral and protest politics -- Introduction -- Data and methods -- Political and cultural opportunities for far-right mobilization: Italy's post-war fascism -- The Italian extreme right: electoral and protest politics -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References.

This book provides state of the art research by leading experts on the movement parties of the radical right. It examines the theoretical implications and empirical relevance of these organizations, comparing movement parties in time and space in Europe and beyond. The editors provide a theoretical introduction to radical right movement parties, discussing analytical frameworks for interpreting their causes, forms, and effects. In the subsequent sections of the book, chapter authors examine a range of empirical case studies in Western, Central, and Eastern Europe, using a combination of qualitative and quantitative methodological approaches, and make a significant contribution to the literature on social movements and party politics. This book is essential reading for scholars of European party politics and students in European politics, social movements, comparative politics, and political sociology.