Title The nature and origins of political extremism in Germany and beyond / Sebastian Jungkunz

Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022] ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 231 pages) : illustrations (black and white) Series New perspectives in German political studies New perspectives in German political studies. Contents Introduction -- What is political extremism? -- A theory of political extremism -- Research design : from theory to application -- Measuring extremist attitudes -- The distribution of extremist attitudes within German society -- The origins of political extremism -- Conclusion Summary This 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Radicalism -- Germany -- History -- 20th century Radicalism -- Germany -- History -- 21st century Right and left (Political science) -- Germany -- History -- 20th century Right and left (Political science) -- Germany -- History -- 21st century Political sociology -- Germany Political sociology Politics and government Radicalism Right and left (Political science) SUBJECT Germany -- Politics and government -- 1990- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91000847 Subject Germany Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9783030833367 3030833364

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