LEADER 04206nam 22006495 450 001 9910523899003321 005 20240322050152.0 010 $a9783030833367$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783030833350 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-83336-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6812178 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6812178 035 $a(CKB)19919392900041 035 $a(OCoLC)1287135685 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-83336-7 035 $a(EXLCZ)9919919392900041 100 $a20211124d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Nature and Origins of Political Extremism In Germany and Beyond /$fby Sebastian Jungkunz 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (245 pages) 225 1 $aNew Perspectives in German Political Studies,$x2947-6755 311 08$aPrint version: Jungkunz, Sebastian The Nature and Origins of Political Extremism in Germany and Beyond Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2021 9783030833350 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Definition -- 3. Theory -- 4. Research Design: From Theory to Application -- 5. Measuring Extremist Attitudes -- 6. The Distribution of Extremist Attitudes within German Society -- 7. The Origins of Political Extremism -- 8. Conclusion. 330 $aThis book provides a systematic overview of the prevalence, causes, and stability of left-wing and right-wing extremist attitudes in Germany between 1994 and 2017. It shows that there are many similarities between left-wing and right-wing extremists, both in terms of their ideologies and their individual experiences. Overall, these causes can be traced back to three factors: unmet individual needs (e.g., deprivation or disenchantment with politics), access to ideological narratives that promise simplified solutions to individual problems, and the larger social circumstances of life (e.g., transformation processes, unemployment, or immigration). Although extremist attitudes are relatively rare, they are also shown to be highly stable: once acquired, individuals are difficult to bring back onto the democratic path. This book is the first to systematically compare left-wing and right-wing extremist attitudes, to provide an intensive methodological contribution to the measurability of such attitudes, and to relate their causes and stability. Sebastian Jungkunz is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Socio-Economics at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, Post-Doctoral Visiting Fellow at the Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences, Germany, and project leader at Zeppelin University, Germany. He received his PhD from the University of Bamberg, Germany, and was a visiting scholar at Waseda University, Japan. He is currently working on projects concerning the impact of socio-economic problems on cognitive health and political participation, the development of political attitudes among adolescents, and the measurement and explanation of political and religious extremism. 410 0$aNew Perspectives in German Political Studies,$x2947-6755 606 $aEurope$xPolitics and government 606 $aIdentity politics 606 $aElections 606 $aPolitical science 606 $aEuropean Politics 606 $aIdentity Politics 606 $aElectoral Politics 606 $aMethodology of Political Science 615 0$aEurope$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aIdentity politics. 615 0$aElections. 615 0$aPolitical science. 615 14$aEuropean Politics. 615 24$aIdentity Politics. 615 24$aElectoral Politics. 615 24$aMethodology of Political Science. 676 $a943.0879 676 $a320.530943 700 $aJungkunz$b Sebastian$01079804 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910523899003321 996 $aThe Nature and Origins of Political Extremism in Germany and Beyond$92592446 997 $aUNINA