Inside the Radical Right : The Development of Anti-Immigrant Parties in Western Europe / David Art.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Art, David, 1972- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--Europe, Western.

Political parties.

Right-wing extremists--Europe, Western.

Right-wing extremists.

Radicalism--Europe, Western.

Radicalism.

Europe, Western--Emigration and immigration--Political aspects.

Europe, Western.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 272 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What explains the cross-national variation in the radical right's electoral success over the last several decades? Challenging existing structural and institutional accounts, this book analyzes the dynamics of party building and explores the attitudes, skills and experiences of radical right activists in eleven different countries. Based on extensive field research and an original data set of radical right candidates for office, David Art links the quality of radical right activists to broader patterns of success and failure. He demonstrates how a combination of historical legacies and incentive structures produced activists who helped party building in some cases and doomed it in others. In an age of rising electoral volatility and the fading of traditional political cleavages, Inside the Radical Right makes a strong case for the importance of party leaders and activists as masters of their own fate.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Activists and Party Development

3. Parties of Poor Souls

4. Nationalist Subcultures and the Radical Right

5. Party Transformation and Flash Parties

6. Reforming the Old Right?

7. Conclusion

Appendix A. Percentage of the Vote for Radical Right Parties in National Parliamentary Elections

Appendix B. Coding Pocedure for Radical Right Party Lists

Appendix C. ISCO Codes for Radical Right Candidates for Office.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-262) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-21949-3

1-139-06270-0

1-283-11078-4

9786613110787

1-139-07485-7

0-511-97625-9

1-139-06908-X

1-139-07710-4

1-139-07938-7

1-139-08166-7

OCLC:

726734738