The Rise of the Far Right in Europe: Populist Shifts and 'Othering' [Hardcover]

The results of the last EuropeanElections of 2014 confirmed the rise of right and far right 'populist' partiesacross the EU. The success of a range of parties, such as Denmarks Dansk Folskeparti, Slovenias Slovenska demokratska stranka,Frances Front National, Greeces Golden Dawn, the United Kingdom Independence Party, Beppe Grillos Five Star Movement in Italy andthe Austrian FP?, has been perceived as a political wave which is transformingthe face of the European Parliament, and challenging at some level thehegemony of the 'big four' well-established European political forces thatlead the Strasbourgs assembly: the ALDE, EPP, S&D and Greens/ALE.

As 'populism' has become a major issue in many EU countries, this collection aimsto provide a critical understanding of related trends and recommend ways inwhich they can be challenged both in policy and praxis, by using thegender-race-ethnicity-sexual orientation intersectionality approach.

Thisinternational volume combines extensive transnational comparative data analysis, as well as research at discursive, attitudinal andbehavioural levels.

 

1. Introduction: The Concept and Its Definitions; GiovannaCampani, Gabriella Lazaridis and Annie Benveniste.- 2.Neo fascism, from the XXth Century to the Third Millennium: the Case of Italy; GiovannaCampani.- 3. FarRight Movements in France: the Chief Role of National Front and the Rise ofIslamophobia; Annie Benveniste and Etienne Pingaud.- 4. HegemonicDiscourse of Difference and Inequality: Right-wing organizations in Austria; BirgitSauer and Edma Ajanovic.- 5. Right Wing Populism in Denmark: People, Nation andWelfare in the Construction of the Other; Birte Siim and Susi Meret.- 6. Populism in Slovenian Context between Ethno-nationalism and Re-traditionalization;Mojca Pajnik, Roman Kuhar and Iztok `ori.- 7. The Post-communist Rise of National Populism: BulgarianparadoxelC¶