Radical Right Movement Parties in Europe

This book provides state of the art research by leading experts on the movement parties of the radical right. It examines the theoretical implications and empirical relevance of these organizations, comparing movement parties in time and space in Europe and beyond.

The editors provide a theoretical introduction to radical right movement parties, discussing analytical frameworks for interpreting their causes, forms, and effects. In the subsequent sections of the book, chapter authors examine a range of empirical case studies in Western, Central, and Eastern Europe, using a combination of qualitative and quantitative methodological approaches, and make a significant contribution to the literature on social movements and party politics.

This book is essential reading for scholars of European party politics and students in European politics, social movements, comparative politics, and political sociology.

Manuela Caiani is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and Sociology of the Scuola Normale Superiore (SNS) of Florence. Her research interests focus on: Radical Right, Populism, Europeanization and social movements, political mobilization and the Internet, qualitative methods of social research, political violence, and terrorism.

Ondřej Císař is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague, and is also affiliated to the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. He is editor-in-chief of the Czech edition of Czech Sociological Review. His research focus is on political mobilization, social movements, and political sociology.