Bundestag. This is remarkable for several reasons. First, the postwar political and electoral resurgence of radical right and right-wing populist parties in (Western) Europe started more than three decades ago, when the French Front National celebrated a
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Radical Right-Wing Populists in Parliament
Examining the Alternative for Germany in European Context
Lars Rensmann
In German Politics and Society
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- 01 Sep 2018
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- Research Article
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- 41–73
Pegida in Parliament?
Explaining the Failure of Pegida in Austria
Farid Hafez
mobilization. This is puzzling for several reasons. First, for several decades Austria has had a dynamic and powerful radical right-wing populist party ( rrp ), the Freedom Party ( fpö ), which has engaged in xenophobic, racist, and anti
In German Politics and Society
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- 01 Dec 2016
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- Research Article
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- 101–118
A New Blue-Collar Force
The Alternative for Germany and the Working Class
Philipp Adorf
emergence of the “third wave” of right-wing populist parties during the 1980s and 1990s as a sort of countermovement to the left-liberal (Green) parties that had also appeared during the era. 7 Countering the left’s progressive positions on sociocultural
In German Politics and Society
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- 01 Dec 2018
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 29–49
The “Alternative for Germany”
Factors Behind its Emergence and Profile of a New Right-wing Populist Party
Frank Decker
occasionally been successful at the ballot box since the mid 1980s in Germany as well, those triumphs were primarily limited to the regional realm of state elections without leading to the permanent establishment of a right-wing populist party at the national
Right-Wing Populism and International Issues
A Case Study of the AfD
Christiane Lemke
, cultural, and historical factors play an important role. Illiberal tendencies in different countries are closely associated with the surge of right-wing populist parties. Such parties are now represented in every single European country (except for
In German Politics and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2020
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 90–108
David Art
or populism in the party’s manifesto, which sets it apart from most of the other new right parties in Europe.” 6 Another study was more equivocal, but nevertheless concluded that “the AfD is not a right-wing populist party in itself but may be a
In German Politics and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2018
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 76–86
Coalition Politics in Crisis?
The German Party System Before and After the 2017 Federal Election
Frank Decker and Philipp Adorf
integrating the right fringe of society until the early 2000s as well as an absence of political discussions surrounding immigration policies only provide a partial answer. 6 In particular, as the weakness of right-wing populist parties in the 1990s coincided
Cause or Consequence?
The Alternative for Germany and Attitudes toward Migration Policy
Hannah M. Alarian
right-wing populist parties can falter in balancing institutional demands with populist engagement. 24 Mainstream parties may consequently resolve to wait out the party's struggle in opposition, maintaining course rather than shifting to the right on
In German Politics and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2020
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 59–89
The Alternative for Germany from Breakthrough toward Consolidation?
A Comparative Perspective on Its Organizational Development
E. Gene Frankland
, “Alternative fürs Pegida-Milieu, Die taz am wochenende , 12/13 January 2019, 6. 29 Frank Decker, “‘The ‘Alternative for Germany:’ Factors Behind its Emergence and Profile of a New Right-wing Populist Party,” German Politics 34, no. 2 (2016): 1–16. 30
In German Politics and Society
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- 01 Mar 2020
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 30–54
A Spectre Haunting Europe
Angela Merkel and the Challenges of Far-Right Populism
Joyce Marie Mushaben
decision to suspend Dublin regulations, opening Germany to waves of refugees crossing the Mediterranean in the wake of failed Arab Springs across North Africa and the Middle East. Few seem to recall that the right-wing populist party got its start by