Media and the Far Right in Western Europe - Playing the Nationalist Card

"This book examines the fascinating interplay of party and media behavior to explain one of the most important phenomena in Western Europe: the rise of far-right parties. To account for the divergent electoral fortunes of these parties, the book examines how political parties and the mass media have dealt with growing public concerns over national identity. Mainstream politicians chose to "play the nationalist card," creating opportunities for the entry of far-right parties into the political system. In some cases, the media gave outsized exposure to such parties, allowing them to capitalize on these opportunities; in other cases, they ignored them, blocking their entry into the political system. Using elite interviews, content analysis, and primary documents to trace identity politics since the 1980s, this book presents an original interpretation of identity politics and media behavior in Austria, Germany, Greece, and France since the 1980s"--Provided by publisher.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Explaining far right trajectories; 3. Party and media politics in Austria: the rise of the FPO; 4. Competing over German identity: conservatives and the non-visible far right; 5. Greek nationalists: from mainstream to the margins?; 6. The growth, persistence and fall of the French National Front; 7. Conclusion.

About the author

Antonis A. Ellinas is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Cyprus. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University and his BA from Hamilton College. He is the author of The European Commission and Bureaucratic Autonomy (Cambridge University Press, 2012), with Ezra Suleiman. His work has appeared in Comparative Politics, the Journal of European Public Policy, the Journal of Common Market Studies, and West European Politics, among others.

Product details

• Authors: Antonis A. Ellinas, Antonis A. (Assistant Professor Ellinas, Ellinas Antonis A.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.08.2014
• EAN: 9781107437067
• ISBN: 978-1-107-43706-7
• No. of pages: 270
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Politics & government, Comparative Politics, Western Europe, Media, Information & Communication Industries, Political parties and party platforms