Mapping extreme right ideology : an empirical geography of the European extreme right / Sarah Harrison and Michael Bruter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrison, Sarah, 1982-

Contributor:

Bruter, Michael, 1975-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--Europe.

Political parties.

Radicalism.

Europe.

Right-wing extremists--Europe.

Right-wing extremists.

Radicalism--Europe.

Europe--Politics and government--1989-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xiii, 236 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Summary:

Why is the discourse of extreme right parties so hard to characterise? Why are some parties so much more successful than others? And why do they even seem to attract different kinds of voters? This book proposes a new multidimensional model of extreme right politics based on alternative expressions of negative identity and authoritarianism. The model is comprehensively tested across 17 European political systems and 25 parties, using a text-analysis of party manifestos and press releases over time, a mass survey of extreme right voters, interviews with leaders and a systematic decryption of parties' electoral results over 30 years. The book shows how the European extreme right is 'mapped' by the various ideological positions espoused by parties and voters, and how the 'match' between parties' discourses and voters' preferences determines the evolution of extreme right ideology, patterns of competition, and ultimately dynamics of electoral success. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction and research question

Theoretical framework and conceptual map

Case selection and methodology

The conceptual map and extreme right elites

Capturing the ideological identities of extreme right parties

Exploring the extreme right universe : patterns of internal party competition

How stable is the discourse of extreme right parties over time? : an analysis of the press releases of five European extreme right parties

Match or mismatch? : investigating the match between extreme right parties' ideological positions and the ideological preferences of voters

Summary of findings, conclusions and discussion.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780230581012

0230581013

OCLC:

713185471