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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809791003321

Autore

Bornschier Simon

Titolo

Cleavage politics and the populist right : the new cultural conflict in Western Europe / / Simon Bornschier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-4399-0194-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 p.)

Collana

The social logic of politics

Disciplina

324.2/13094

Soggetti

Political parties - Europe, Western

Right-wing extremists - Europe, Western

Populism - Europe, Western

Culture conflict - Europe, Western

Europe, Western Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A dynamic perspective on cleavages and the populist right -- Putting right-wing populist parties in context -- The new cultural conflict and the populist right in Western Europe -- The extreme-right-wing populist party family -- New political divides and historical cleavages -- From structure to culture and back : the perpetuation and transformation of historical cleavages -- Research design and methods -- The new cultural cleavage and the populist right in France, Switzerland, and Germany -- France : the reshaping of cultural conflicts and the rise of the Front National -- Switzerland : the transformation of the Swiss People's Party -- Germany : a constricted ideological space and the failure of the extreme right -- The redefinition of cultural conflicts and the transformation of Western European party systems.

Sommario/riassunto

Over the last two decades, right-wing populist parties in Western Europe have gained sizable vote shares and power, much to the fascination and consternation of political observers. Meshing traditionalism and communitarian ideals, right-wing populist parties have come to represent a polar normative ideal to the New Left in Western Europe. In his dynamic study Cleavage Politics and the Populist Right, Simon Bornschier applies a cultural as well as political dimension



to analyze the parties of both the right and left in six countries. He develops a theory that integrates the role