The far right and the European elections
In: Current history: a journal of contemporary world affairs, Band 113, Heft 761, S. 98-103
ISSN: 0011-3530
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In: Current history: a journal of contemporary world affairs, Band 113, Heft 761, S. 98-103
ISSN: 0011-3530
World Affairs Online
In: Party politics: an international journal for the study of political parties and political organizations, Band 20, Heft 2, S. 217-226
ISSN: 1460-3683
This article assesses the impact of populist radical right parties on national party systems in Western Europe. Has the emergence of this new party family changed the interaction of party competition within Western European countries? First, I look at party system change with regard to numerical and numerical–ideological terms. Second, I evaluate the effect populist radical right parties have had on the different dimensions of party systems. Third, I assess the claim that the rise of populist radical right parties has created bipolarizing party system. Fourth, I look at the effect the rise of the populist radical right has had on the logic of coalition formation. The primary conclusion is that, irrespective of conceptualization and operationalization, populist radical right parties have not fundamentally changed party systems in Western Europe.
In: Party politics: an international journal for the study of political parties and political organizations, Band 20, Heft 2, S. 217-226
ISSN: 1354-0688
In: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte: APuZ, Band 64, Heft 12, S. 16-24
ISSN: 2194-3621
"2014 wird angeblich das Jahr der 'antieuropäischen Rechtspopulisten'. Doch frühere Wahlen zeigen, dass Rechtsaußenparteien von wirtschaftlichen Krisen bei Weitem nicht so stark profitieren, wie allgemein angenommen wird." (Autorenreferat)
In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 52, Heft 1, S. 1-19
ISSN: 1475-6765
The populist radical right constitutes the most successful party family in postwar Western Europe. Many accounts in both academia and the media warn of the growing influence of populist radical right parties (PRRPs), the so-called 'verrechtsing' (or right turn) of European politics, but few provide empirical evidence of it. This lecture provides a first comprehensive analysis of the alleged effects of the populist radical right on the people, parties, policies and polities of Western Europe. The conclusions are sobering. The effects are largely limited to the broader immigration issue, and even here PRRPs should be seen as catalysts rather than initiators, who are neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for the introduction of stricter immigration policies. The lecture ends by providing various explanations for the limited impact of PRRPs, but it is also argued that populist parties are not destined for success in opposition and failure in government. In fact, there are at least three reasons why PRRPs might increase their impact in the near future: the tabloidisation of political discourse; the aftermath of the economic crisis; and the learning curve of PRRPs. Even in the unlikely event that PRRPs will become major players in West European politics, it is unlikely that this will lead to a fundamental transformation of the political system. PRRPs are not a normal pathology of European democracy, unrelated to its basic values, but a pathological normalcy, which strives for the radicalisation of mainstream values. Adapted from the source document.
In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 52, Heft 1, S. 1-19
ISSN: 0304-4130
In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 52, Heft 1, S. 1-19
ISSN: 1475-6765
AbstractThe populist radical right constitutes the most successful party family in postwar Western Europe. Many accounts in both academia and the media warn of the growing influence of populist radical right parties (PRRPs), the so‐called 'verrechtsing' (or right turn) of European politics, but few provide empirical evidence of it. This lecture provides a first comprehensive analysis of the alleged effects of the populist radical right on the people, parties, policies and polities of Western Europe. The conclusions are sobering. The effects are largely limited to the broader immigration issue, and even here PRRPs should be seen ascatalystsrather than initiators, who are neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for the introduction of stricter immigration policies. The lecture ends by providing various explanations for the limited impact of PRRPs, but it is also argued that populist parties are not destined for success in opposition and failure in government. In fact, there are at least three reasons why PRRPs might increase their impact in the near future: the tabloidisation of political discourse; the aftermath of the economic crisis; and the learning curve of PRRPs. Even in the unlikely event that PRRPs will become major players in West European politics, it is unlikely that this will lead to a fundamental transformation of the political system. PRRPs are not a normal pathology of European democracy, unrelated to its basic values, but a pathological normalcy, which strives for the radicalisation of mainstream values.
In: East European politics, Band 28, Heft 2, S. 193-202
ISSN: 2159-9173
In: Res publica: politiek-wetenschappelijk tijdschrift van de Lage Landen ; driemaandelijs tijdschrift, Band 54, Heft 2, S. 221-238
ISSN: 0486-4700
In: Res publica: politiek-wetenschappelijk tijdschrift van de Lage Landen ; driemaandelijks tijdschrift, Band 54, Heft 2
ISSN: 0486-4700
In: East European politics, Band 28, Heft 2, S. 193-202
ISSN: 2159-9165
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In: Rethinking national identity in the age of migration: the Transatlantic Council on Migration, S. 79-123
In: Res publica: politiek-wetenschappelijk tijdschrift van de Lage Landen ; driemaandelijks tijdschrift, Band 54, Heft 2, S. 221-238
ISSN: 0486-4700
In: Perspectives on politics, Band 9, Heft 3, S. 663-665
ISSN: 1541-0986
In: Dissent: a quarterly of politics and culture, Band 58, Heft 4, S. 7-11
ISSN: 1946-0910
Many observers of European politics warn that democracy on the continent is in peril. Conservative authors argue that European governments are threatened by a spineless surrender to "Islamofascism," while liberals fret that Europe is being overtaken by "ghosts of a tortured past," that is, parties on the "far Right." Whereas the Islamofascism argument lacks empirical substance and is mostly based on (Islamo)phobia, the "tortured past" claim is largely the result of conceptual confusion and an exaggeration of reality. Neither contemporary European democracies nor the contemporary "far Right" groups are similar to their "equivalents" in the 1930s. The contemporary populist radical Right does not dominate European politics, and democracies on the continent have been resilient in the face of this new challenge.