The Impact of Radical Right-Wing Parties in West European Democracies

by Williams, Michelle Hale

• ISBN13: 9781403974150
• ISBN10: 1403974152
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-03
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book contends that far-right parties play pivotal roles in setting the tone of political debates, shaping the political party system, and structuring government policy. Increasingly, as national governments attempt to cope with new realities of greater global migration, strained welfare states, and threats of foreign terror, opportunities have opened for parties of the far right to position themselves strategically.

Author Biography

Michelle Hale Williams is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of West Florida.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	viii
List of Figures	ix
List of Abbreviations (Key Political Parties)	x
Acknowledgments	xi
Chapter 1 Is the Radical Right Making Noise or Changes?	1	(10)
Chapter 2 Why is so Little Known About Impacts of Peripheral Parties?	11	(22)
Chapter 3 A Theory of Peripheral Party Impact	33	(20)
Chapter 4 The Impact of Radical Right Parties Across Western Europe	53	(26)
Chapter 5 The Entrepreneurial National Front in France	79	(34)
Chapter 6 German Parties Have Opportunity Without Actualization	113	(40)
Chapter 7 The FPO Finds a Winning Combination in Leadership and the Third Lager	153	(34)
Chapter 8 Peripheral Parties are Making Changes	187	(24)
Appendices	211	(6)
Notes	217	(2)
References	219	(18)
Index	237