Radical Right-Wing Populist Parties in Western Europe

317 Pages·2016·7.998 MB·English

by  Tjitske Akkerman, Sarah L. de Lange and Matthijs Rooduijn

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Radical Right-Wing Populist Parties in
Western Europe
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2 Radical right-wing populist parties, such as Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom,
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Extremism and Democracy
Series Editors: Roger Eatwell, University of Bath, and Matthew
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Right-Wing Radicalism Today ThePoliticisationofMigration
Perspectives from Europe Edited by Wouter van der Brug,
and the US Gianni D’Amato, Joost Berkhout
Edited by Sabine von Mering and and Didier Ruedin
Timothy Wyman McCarty
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in Poland
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Rafal Pankowski
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of Julius Evola Changing nature of party politics
Paul Furlong Madalena Meyer Resende
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in Scandinavia in Italy
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party competition
Pietro Castelli Gattinara
32. On Extremism and 33. German Perspectives on
Democracy in Europe Right-Wing Extremism
Cas Mudde Challenges for comparative analysis
Johannes Kiess, Oliver Decker and
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