Radical Right-Wing Populism in Western Europe

by Hans-Georg Betz

Overview

Studies the new West European parties of the radical populist right, arguing that, in distancing themselves from the reactionary politics of the traditional extremist right, these parties have become a significant challenge to the established structure and politics of West European democracy today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333628096
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	09/28/1994
Edition description:	1994
Pages:	226
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Hans-Georg Betz is Associate Professor of European Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.

Table of Contents

Social change and multicultural society in Western Europe; against diversity - new right ideology in the new Europe; individualism and xenophobia - radical right-wing populism in a comparative perspective; the social basis of radical right-wing populism; political conflict in the postmodern age.