Partnering with extremists : coalitions between mainstream and far-right parties in Western Europe / Kimberly A. Twist.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Twist, Kimberly A., author.

Contributor:

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Right-wing extremists--Europe--History--20th century.

Right-wing extremists.

Fascism--Europe--History--20th century.

Fascism.

History.

Europe.

Europe--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 221 pages)

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

As long as far-right parties - known chiefly for their vehement opposition to immigration - have competed in contemporary Western Europe, many have worried about these parties' democratic acceptability. Yet, rather than treating the far right as pariahs, major mainstream-right parties included the far right in 15 governing coalitions from 1994 to 2017. Parties do not care equally about all issues at any given time, and Kimberly Twist demonstrates that far-right parties will agree to support the mainstream right's goals more readily than many other parties, making them appealing partners.

Partnering with Extremists builds on existing work on coalition formation and party goals to propose a theory of coalition formation that works across countries and over time. The evidence comes from 19 case studies of coalition formation in Austria and the Netherlands, countries where far-right parties have been excluded when they could have been included and included when the mainstream right had other options. The argument is then extended to countries where coalitions are less common, France and the United Kingdom, and to cases of mainstream-right adoption of far-right themes. Kimberly Twist incorporates both office and policy considerations in her argument and reimagines "policy" to be a two-dimensional factor; it matters not just where parties are located on an issue but how firmly they hold those positions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-221) and notes (pages 177-201).

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9780472125203

0472125206

OCLC:

1107991348

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