Cleavage Politics and the Populist Right: The New Cultural Conflict in Western Europe (Social Logic of Politics) - Hardcover

Bornschier, Simon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1439901929 ISBN 13: 9781439901922

Publisher: Temple University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Over the last two decades, right-wing populist parties in Western Europe have gained sizable vote shares and power, much to the fascination and consternation of political observers. Meshing traditionalism and communitarian ideals, right-wing populist parties have come to represent a polar normative ideal to the New Left in Western Europe. In his dynamic study "Cleavage Politics and the Populist Right, " Simon Bornschier applies a cultural as well as political dimension to analyze the parties of both the right and left in six countries. He develops a theory that integrates the role of political conflict around both established cleavages and party strategies regarding new divisions to explain the varying fortunes of the populist right.

About this title

About the Author:

Simon Bornschier is a Senior Researcher at the University of Zurich and co-author of West European Politics in the Age of Globalization.

Review:

"Empirically rich, methodologically sophisticated, and theoretically compelling, Bornschier's book not only settles some outstanding debates in the literature but also frames important questions about the basic dividing lines of European politics."
—Political Science Quarterly

About this edition

• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1439901929
• ISBN 13: 9781439901922
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 260