As is evident in the articles in this special issue, several main narratives developed following the 2017 German national election. The main headline, of course, was the Alternative for Germany’s (AfD) precedent-shattering election performance. Not
In German Politics and Society
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- 01 Mar 2018
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- Research Article
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- 70–83
Radical Right-Wing Populists in Parliament
Examining the Alternative for Germany in European Context
Lars Rensmann
Following the long-term rise and recent electoral boost of radical-right populist parties across Europe, the Alternative für Deutschland (Alternative for Germany, AfD) became the third strongest party in the 2017 general elections for the German
In German Politics and Society
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- 01 Sep 2018
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- Research Article
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- 41–73
Right-Wing Populism and International Issues
A Case Study of the AfD
Christiane Lemke
isolationist impulse to move away from the United States. The majority in the European Parliament and most national governments in Europe realize the importance of good relations with the United States. Yet, the rhetoric from far-right parties, such as the AfD
In German Politics and Society
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- 01 Jun 2020
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- Research Article
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- 90–108
A New Blue-Collar Force
The Alternative for Germany and the Working Class
Philipp Adorf
France, the Front National’s Marine Le Pen was able to win around twice as many votes in the second round of the presidential election as her father had obtained fifteen years earlier, while the Alternative for Germany (AfD) secured the third-best result
In German Politics and Society
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- 01 Dec 2018
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- Research Article
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- 29–49
David Art
The federal elections of 2017 brought a radical right party into parliament for the first time in postwar Germany. This fact alone would have made the rise of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) the central storyline in elections that ultimately
In German Politics and Society
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- 01 Jun 2018
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- Research Article
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- 76–86
Two of the Same Kind?
The Rise of the AfD and its Implications for the CDU/CSU
Matthias Dilling
To the Right of the CDU/CSU… By more than doubling its 2013 result and winning 12.6 percent of the votes at the 2017 federal election, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) put an end to an era. For the first time since 1957, a party that had explicitly
In German Politics and Society
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- 01 Mar 2018
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- Research Article
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- 84–104
David F. Patton
In September 2017, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) became the first far-right party to join the Bundestag in nearly seventy years. Against the backdrop of Germany's Nazi past, the AfD's advance has been troubling for Germany's established
In German Politics and Society
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- 01 Mar 2020
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- Research Article
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- 77–104
This Was the One for Me
AfD Women's Origin Stories
Christina Xydias
Germany (Alternative für Deutschland, AfD) explain their party affiliation, and how do their explanations differ from men's? An answer to these questions is discernible at the nexus between their publicly available political backgrounds and the accounts
In German Politics and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2020
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- Research Article
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- 105–125
Cause or Consequence?
The Alternative for Germany and Attitudes toward Migration Policy
Hannah M. Alarian
Few policies are as connected to the rise of the far right as migration. Even in Germany where nationalistic politics are highly stigmatized, the far-right, Alternative for Germany (AfD) has proven successful in linking itself with nativist
In German Politics and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2020
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- Research Article
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- 59–89
Pulling up the Drawbridge
Anti-Immigrant Attitudes and Support for the Alternative for Germany among Russian-Germans
Michael A. Hansen and Jonathan Olsen
Alternative for Germany (AfD). Various news outlets, for example, have suggested that there has been a “turn towards the radical right” in the Russian-German community; 5 that the “fiercest devotees” of the AfD are ethnic German migrants from the former
In German Politics and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2020
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 109–136