Understanding the Populist Shift - Othering in a Europe in Crisis

This book examines the growing trend towards far and extreme right populism that has emerged prominently in Northern (Finland), Western (Austria, Denmark, France, the UK), Southern (Greece, Italy) and Central/Eastern Europe (Slovenia, Bulgaria) since the 1990s.

List of contents

1. Introduction: the concept and its definitions
2. Populism in historical perspectives
3. The neo-fascist and neo-nazi constellations
4. Populist Othering and Islamophobia
5. Networks and alliances against the Islamisation of Europe: the case of the Counter Jihad Movement
6. Exclusive intersections: Constructions of gender and sexuality 7. Men’s parties with women leaders: A comparative study of the rightwing populist leaders Pia Kjærsgaard, Marine Le Pen and Siv Jensen 8. De/ReConstructing Far-Right Youth: Between the Lost Generation and Contestatory Citizenship
9. Democracy, post-democracy and the populist challenge

About the author

Gabriella Lazaridis is Senior Lecturer at the University of Leicester, UK.
Giovanna Campani is Full Professor of Intercultural Education, Gender Anthropology and Intercultural Communication at UNIFI in Florence, Italy.

Summary

This book examines the growing trend towards far and extreme right populism that has emerged prominently in Northern (Finland), Western (Austria, Denmark, France, the UK), Southern (Greece, Italy) and Central/Eastern Europe (Slovenia, Bulgaria) since the 1990s.

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Gabriella Campani Lazaridis, Gabriella Campani Lazaridis
• Assisted by: Giovanna Campani (Editor), Campani Giovanna (Editor), Dr. Gabriella Lazaridis (Editor), Gabriella Lazaridis (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.11.2016
• EAN: 9781138101654
• ISBN: 978-1-138-10165-4
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Extremism and Democracy; Extremism and Democracy; Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, Politics and government, EU (European Union), International institutions, Political ideologies and movements, EU & European institutions, Political parties and party platforms