The relatively new party known as the Alternative for Germany (Alternative für Deutschland, AfD) and its relationship to right-wing extremism has been the subject of a great deal of intensive discussion among political and social scientists
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In German Politics and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Sep 2018
- Article Type:
- Discussion
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- 74–93 (20 total)
The Alternative for Germany from Breakthrough toward Consolidation?
A Comparative Perspective on Its Organizational Development
E. Gene Frankland
-first century new challengers of the established five party system of moderate pluralism have emerged: the Pirates (Piratenpartei) and the Alternative for Germany (Alternative für Deutschland, or AfD). These newcomers were not launched as ideological fringe
In German Politics and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2020
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 30–54 (25 total)
Thomas Klikauer and Kathleen Webb Tunney
observation of the AfD can be said to remain unavoidable. Notes 1 Thomas Klikauer, “Germany's New Right-wing - Populist Party—the Alternative for Germany,” Czech Journal of Political Science 25, no. 3 (2018): 250-269. 2 Personal Email
In German Politics and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2019
- Article Type:
- Other
- Pages:
- 76–97 (22 total)
The “Alternative for Germany”
Factors Behind its Emergence and Profile of a New Right-wing Populist Party
Frank Decker
party at the national level. 2 The rise of the euro(pe)skeptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) has changed this. Having come up just short of crossing the five percent threshold in the 2013 federal election, the newcomer achieved its first remarkable
In German Politics and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2016
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 1–16 (16 total)
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
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2020
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 77–104 (28 total)
A Post-Truth Campaign?
The Alternative for Germany in the 2019 European Parliament Elections
Maximilian Conrad
-truth politics has focused on the blatant lies of Donald Trump, the phenomenon is characteristic of populist politics in other settings as well, with Germany being no exception. This article analyzes the Alternative for Germany (AfD)'s campaign for the 2019
In German Politics and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2022
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 58–76 (19 total)
The Left Party Thirty Years After Unification
Losing its Identity?
Jonathan Olsen
nevertheless disappointing 8.6 percent of the vote. Meanwhile a new party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD), appeared on the horizon. Although the AfD failed to clear the 5 percent hurdle in 2013, it began to find resonance after it turned more sharply to the
In German Politics and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2019
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 15–28 (14 total)
Renaissance of the New Right in Germany?
A Discussion of New Right Elements in German Right-wing Extremism Today
Samuel Salzborn
(Alternative for Germany, AfD) that formally dissociated itself from neo Nazism. These two areas, however, also reflected substantial differences of opinion within the New Right scene (and still do), because there are clear contradictions between a strategy
In German Politics and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2016
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 36–63 (28 total)
Catalysts for Change
Small Parties in the 2021 Bundestag Election
David F. Patton
Alliance 90/The Greens, the fdp , the Alternative for Germany (AfD), and the Left Party (Die Linke). No Small Matter In post-war West Germany, the large parties presented their smaller rivals as a source of political instability. Konrad Adenauer, a
In German Politics and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Sep 2022
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 73–87 (15 total)
Pointing Fingers at the Media?
Coverage of the 2017 Bundestag Election
Alexander Beyer and Steven Weldon
The 2017 Bundestag election likely will long be remembered as a pivotal moment in German politics. 1 The far-right and openly anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (Alternative für Deutschland, AfD) not only entered parliament for the first
In German Politics and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2018
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 105–124 (20 total)