Cleavage politics and the populist right
Subtitle: the new cultural conflict in Western Europe
By: Simon Bornschier
Series: The social logic of politics; Social logic of politics
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9781439901922
Subjects: Politics and government; Political parties; Right-wing extremists; Culture conflict; Populism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-240) and index.
Table of contents: title: A dynamic perspective on cleavages and the populist right; title: Putting right-wing populist parties in context; title: The new cultural conflict and the populist right in Western Europe; title: The extreme-right-wing populist party family; title: New political divides and historical cleavages; title: From structure to culture and back : the perpetuation and transformation of historical cleavages; title: Research design and methods; title: The new cultural cleavage and the populist right in France, Switzerland, and Germany; title: France : the reshaping of cultural conflicts and the rise of the Front National; title: Switzerland : the transformation of the Swiss People's Party; title: Germany : a constricted ideological space and the failure of the extreme right; title: The redefinition of cultural conflicts and the transformation of Western European party systems.