The Populist Challenge : : Political Protest and Ethno-Nationalist Mobilization in France / / Jens Rydgren.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Rydgren, Jens,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2003]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Series: Berghahn Monographs in French Studies ; 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (268 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ILLUSTRATIONS --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; ABBREVIATIONS --; INTRODUCTION The Rise of Extreme Right-Wing Populism --; Chapter 1 POLITICS AND POLITICAL BEHAVIOR A Theoretical Framework --; Chapter 2 FRONT NATIONAL VOTERS Social Base and Attitudes --; Chapter 3 THE FRONT NATIONAL Authoritarian and Socio-cultural Right? --; Chapter 4 NATIONALISM AND NATIONAL IDENTITY --; Chapter 5 XENOPHOBIA AND ANTI-IMMIGRATION RHETORIC --; Chapter 6 POPULISM AND THE POWER OF THE ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT STRATEGY --; CONCLUSION --; REFERENCES --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781782381808; 9783110998283
• DOI: 10.1515/9781782381808?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jens Rydgren.

During the last decade and a half a new political party family, the extreme Right-wing populist (ERP) parties, has established itself in a variety of West European democracies. These parties represent a monist politics based on ethnic nationalism and xenophobia as well as an opposition against the 'political establishment'. Being the prototypic ERP party, the French Front National (FN) has been a model for ERP parties emerging elsewhere in Western Europe. This study presents a theoretically based explanation that combines the macro and the micro-level, as well as the political supply and the demand-side. More specifically, this study shows that it is necessary to consider both opportunity structures, created by demand and supply-side factors, as well as the ability of the FN to take advantage of the available opportunities. Of particular interest is the author's analysis of the sociology and attitudes of the FN-voters.