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One of the most significant events in European politics the past
two decades is the emergence of radical right-wing parties,
mobilizing against immigration and multiethnic societies. Such
parties have established themselves in a large number of countries,
often with voter shares exceeding ten and sometimes even twenty
percent. Many of these parties exert a real influence on the policy
within respective country. The emergence of the recent wave of
radical right-wing party politics has generated a large and growing
literature, spanning a variety of dimensions-such as ideology,
voting, and policy impact. This volume will cover all these
dimensions, but it will in particular focus on two questions: why
is it that the working class tends to be especially attracted by
the radical right-wing parties? And what does the radical
right-wing parties growing electoral successes mean for Social
Democracy and the traditional left in Europe, which are meeting
growing competition from the radical right over working class
voters? Bringing together the leading scholars within this field,
this book makes a unique contribution by focusing on the
relationship between class politics and the radical right.
"This is a fine, well-written book . . . a penetrating and informed
analysis." . Martin A. Schain, New York University "Anyone
interested in contemporary European and French politics, ERP
parties, the Front National, populism nationalism, or racism will
find the book both interesting and useful . . . it] offers a rich
overview and a rewarding analysis of the recent political and
societal developments." . H-France Review During the last decade
and a half a new political party family, the extreme Right-wing
populist (ERP) parties, has established itself in a variety of West
European democracies. These parties represent a monist politics
based on ethnic nationalism and xenophobia as well as an opposition
against the 'political establishment'. Being the prototypic ERP
party, the French Front National (FN) has been a model for ERP
parties emerging elsewhere in Western Europe. This study presents a
theoretically based explanation that combines the macro and the
micro-level, as well as the political supply and the demand-side.
More specifically, this study shows that it is necessary to
consider both opportunity structures, created by demand and
supply-side factors, as well as the ability of the FN to take
advantage of the available opportunities. Of particular interest is
the author's analysis of the sociology and attitudes of the
FN-voters. Jens Rydgren is Researcher and Lecturer in the
Department of Sociology at Stockholm University.
This book examines how social democratic parties have responded to
populist radical right parties in the battle for support from
working-class voters. It focuses on the paradigmatic examples of
social democratic parties in the Nordic countries. Historically
these have been the strongest social democratic parties, but they
have declined in recent years partly due to the competition from
populist radical right parties. In addition, since populist radical
right parties tend to support liberal and conservative parties in
parliament or in governmental negotiations, social democratic
parties' ability to impact broader policy areas has declined as
well. The book provides a detailed empirical account of how social
democratic parties - and more broadly, labour movement
organisations, including unions - have responded to these
challenges across Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Norway. This volume
will be of interest to scholars of party politics, comparative
politics, Nordic politics, and the populist radical right.
This book examines how social democratic parties have responded to
populist radical right parties in the battle for support from
working-class voters. It focuses on the paradigmatic examples of
social democratic parties in the Nordic countries. Historically
these have been the strongest social democratic parties, but they
have declined in recent years partly due to the competition from
populist radical right parties. In addition, since populist radical
right parties tend to support liberal and conservative parties in
parliament or in governmental negotiations, social democratic
parties' ability to impact broader policy areas has declined as
well. The book provides a detailed empirical account of how social
democratic parties - and more broadly, labour movement
organisations, including unions - have responded to these
challenges across Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Norway. This volume
will be of interest to scholars of party politics, comparative
politics, Nordic politics, and the populist radical right.
During the last decade and a half a new family of political
organizations, the extreme Right-wing populist (ERP) parties, has
established itself in a variety of West European democracies. These
parties represent a monist politics based on ethnic nationalism and
xenophobia as well as an opposition to the 'political
establishment.' Being the prototypical ERP party, the French Front
National (FN) has been a model for ERP parties emerging elsewhere
in Western Europe. This study presents a theoretically based
explanation that combines the macro and the micro-levels, as well
as the political supply and the demand-side. More specifically,
this study shows that it is necessary to consider both opportunity
structures, created by demand and supply-side factors, as well as
the ability of the FN to take advantage of the available
opportunities. Of particular interest is the author's analysis of
the sociology and attitudes of the FN-voters.
During the last 15-20 years a new party family of radical
right-wing populism (RRP) has emerged in Western Europe, consisting
of parties such as the French Front National and the Austrian
Freedom's Party, among many others. Contrary to the situation in
the other Scandinavian countries, such parties have been largely
unsuccessful in Sweden. Although Sweden saw the emergence of the
populist party New Democracy - which partly can be classified as a
RRP party - in the early 1990s, it collapsed in 1994, and no party
has so far been successful enough to take its place. Most of the
literature on populism and right-wing extremism deals with
successful cases; this book takes the opposite direction and asks
how one can explain the failure of Swedish radical right-wing
populism.
One of the most significant events in European politics the past
two decades is the emergence of radical right-wing parties,
mobilizing against immigration and multiethnic societies. Such
parties have established themselves in a large number of countries,
often with voter shares exceeding ten and sometimes even twenty
percent. Many of these parties exert a real influence on the policy
within respective country. The emergence of the recent wave of
radical right-wing party politics has generated a large and growing
literature, spanning a variety of dimensions-such as ideology,
voting, and policy impact. This volume will cover all these
dimensions, but it will in particular focus on two questions: why
is it that the working class tends to be especially attracted by
the radical right-wing parties? And what does the radical
right-wing parties growing electoral successes mean for Social
Democracy and the traditional left in Europe, which are meeting
growing competition from the radical right over working class
voters? Bringing together the leading scholars within this field,
this book makes a unique contribution by focusing on the
relationship between class politics and the radical right.
The resurgence of strong radical right-wing parties and movements
constitutes one of the most significant political changes in
democratic states during the past several decades, particularly in
Europe. The radical right's comeback has notably attracted interest
from political scientists, sociologists, and historians, although
the majority of past research focuses on party and electoral
politics. In contrast, The Oxford Handbook of the Radical Right not
only covers existing literature, but also shows how the radical
right forms movements rather than parties. Editor Jens Rydren has
gathered an international cast of contributors to cover concepts
and definitions; ideologies and discourses; and a range of
contemporary issues such as religion, globalization, gender, and
activism. Further, this volume is one of few to provide a number of
cases focusing on areas outside of Europe, including Russia, the
US, Australia, Israel, and Japan. By integrating various strands of
scholarship on the radical right that covers different regions and
different research perspectives, this Handbook provides an
authoritative and state of the art overview of the topic and will
set the agenda for scholarship on the radical right for years to
come.
In this book, leading sociologists expand the scope of their
discipline by revealing the sociological aspects of the works of
great philosophers, scientists, and writers. Sociologists have long
recognized that sociological insight can be gleaned from creative
thinkers outside their formal discipline. Sociological Insights of
Great Thinkers: Sociology through Literature, Philosophy, and
Science captures and examines those insights in 32 essays that
discuss scholars and writers not normally associated with any
sociological school of thought. Following a tradition of enriching
the sociological toolkit by finding influence in philosophy and
literature, the volume's contributors—an international group of
renowned scholars—eschew biography to focus solely on
sociological interpretations that can be drawn from the work of
many of history's preeminent thinkers. Among the book's subjects
are philosophers such as Aristotle, Plato, Kant, and Cassirer;
scientists such as Darwin and Galileo; and authors such as Kafka,
Proust, and Shakespeare. The essays not only allow readers to see
such thinkers in a new light, but underscore the fact that
sociological questions have lain at the very heart of humanity
throughout history.
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