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1 online resource (220 pages) |
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Extremism and Democracy |
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Extremism and Democracy
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Defining populism; 3 Measuring populism in three West European countries; 4 Theories explaining populist party success; 5 At your service! Lijst Pim Fortuyn in the Netherlands; 6 Common sense: Lijst Dedecker in Belgium; 7 Own people first! The Vlaams Belang in Belgium; 8 Defending Henk and Ingrid from Islamification: The PVV in the Netherlands; 9 Vote against, vote SP! The Socialistische Partij in the Netherlands; 10 Wahltag ist protesttag! The PDS/DL in Germany; 11 Comparative perspectives; 12 Conclusion and discussion |
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Appendix AAppendix B; Index |
| Summary |
Despite the increasing academic interest in populism, we still lack understanding of individual factors contributing to populist voting. One of the main reasons for this is that populism is almost always attached to other ideologies which makes it difficult to isolate factors. This book draws on an innovative research design by comparing the reasons to vote for six populist parties which differ remarkably in terms of their host ideology in Belgium, The Netherlands, and Germany. The results show that populist voters are motivated by their dissatisfaction with the functioning of democr |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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Print version record |
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Populism -- Europe, Western
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Political parties -- Europe, Western
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Voting -- Europe, Western
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Political parties
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Politics and government
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Populism
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Voting
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| SUBJECT |
Europe, Western -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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| Subject |
Western Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317653912 |
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1317653912 |
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1322032009 |
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9781322032009 |
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9781315764313 |
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1315764318 |
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9781317653905 |
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1317653904 |
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