The Extreme Right in Western Europe: Success Or Failure?This book examines the reasons behind the variation in the electoral fortunes of the West European parties of the extreme Right in the period since the late 1970s. It proposes a number of different explanations as to why certain parties of the extreme Right have performed better than others at the polls and it investigates each of these different explanations systematically and in depth. |
Contents
The varying electoral fortunes of the West European parties | 1 |
Party ideology | 17 |
existing | 24 |
Five types of rightwing extremist party | 50 |
Concluding remarks | 60 |
Party organization and leadership | 67 |
Party competition | 102 |
The institutional environment | 146 |
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The Extreme Right in Western Europe: Success Or Failure? Elizabeth L. Carter No preview available - 2005 |
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