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Shadows over Europe: The Development and Impact of the Extreme Right in Western Europe

In: Europe In Transition: The Nyu European Studies Series

Schain, Martin; Zolberg, Aristide; Hossay, Patrick

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Abstract

As the French Presidential elections clearly demonstrated in the Spring of 2002, the popularity of far right parties is gaining ever more strength. From the National Front in France to the British National Party, anti-immigration, anti-European Union platforms are winning more voters. The numbers alone are striking: the National Front in France received nearly eighteen percent of the nationwide vote in 2002 Presidential run-off between Chirac and Le Pen; the Swiss People's Party received 23 percent of the popular vote in a 1999 election; and Jorg Haider's Austrian Freedom Party moved from near collapse to second place in the 1999 election. The essays in Shadows Over Europe explore this growing presence of extreme right political parties in governments throughout Europe. These parties can no longer be dismissed as anomalous or temporary. It is clear that they have established an enduring presence in European politics. The contributors to this volume explore the origins of this trend, why they have gained such support, and where these parties might be headed. They explore the policy orientations of these parties and their role in electoral politics across the continent. Together, these essays provide a significant contribution toward understanding the rise and impact of the far right in Europe

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Shadows over Europe: The Development and Impact of the Extreme Right in Western Europe

In: Europe in Transition: the NYU European Studies Ser.

Schain, M.; Zolberg, A.; Hossay, P.; Hossay, Patrick

Cover -- Shadows over Europe -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Series Editor's Foreword -- Part One Introduction -- 1 The Development of Radical Right Parties in Western Europe -- Part Two Definition, Ideology, and Policy Orientation -- 2 The Extreme Right: Defining the Object and Assessing the Causes -- 3 How to Tame the Dragon, or What Goes Around Comes Around: A Critical Review of Some Major Contemporary Attempts to Account for Extreme-Right Racist Politics in Western Europe -- 4 The Divergent Paths of the FPÖ and the Lega Nord -- 5 The Far Right in France and Italy: Nativist Politics and Anti-Fascism -- Part Three Electoral Politics -- 6 Anti-Immigration Parties in Denmark and Norway: The Progress Parties and the Danish People's Party -- 7 The Role of Socioeconomic Variables in the Success of Radical Right Parties -- 8 Why Flanders? -- 9 Far-Right Parties and the Construction of Immigration Issues in Germany -- Part Four Impact -- 10 The Impact of the French National Front on the French Political System -- 11 The New Radical Right in the Political Process: Interaction Effects in France and Germany -- 12 The Politics of Restriction: The Effect of Xenophobic Parties on Italian Immigration Policy and German Asylum Policy -- Part Five Conclusion -- 13 Democracy in Peril? -- Part Six Country Profiles -- Country Profiles -- Part Seven Bibliography -- Bibliography -- Index.