Contemporary Germany and the Fourth Wave of Far-Right Politics From the Streets to Parliament

Introduction: German Exceptionalism during the Fourth Wave of Far-right Politics  

Manès Weisskircher  

Part I The Far Right Outside of Legislatures  

1.      Germany’s New Right: Between Neo-National Socialism and Liberal Democracy  

Uwe Backes  

2.      Germany’s Anti-Islamic PEGIDA Movement: A Local Phenomenon and Its Broader Impact  

Maik Herold, and Steven Schäller  

3.      Interconnected Realities: The Hybrid Dynamics of Far-right Online and Offline Mobilization  

Matthias Hoffmann and Julia Rone  

4.      Fitting in, Standing out: Far-right Youth Style and Commercialization in Germany  

Cynthia Miller-Idriss and Annett Graefe-Geusch  

5.      The Violence of the Far Right: The Three Decades after German Reunification  

Pascal D. König and Sebastian Jäckle  

Part II The Electoral Breakthrough of the AfD  

6.      The Politicization of Immigration and Radical Right Party Politics in Germany  

Theresa Gessler and Sophia Hunger  

7.      The Electoral Breakthrough of the AfD and the East-west Divide in German Politics  

Kai Arzheimer  

8.      Far-right Parties and Divisions over Movement-party Strategy: The AfD and the anti-Corona Protests of Querdenken  

Manès Weisskircher  

9.      The Power of Anti-Pacting in Germany: History and Outlook  

David Art  

10.  Learning how to Respond to the AfD. Uploading from the Subnational to the National Level?  

Anna-Sophie Heinze  

11.  The AfD’s Influence on Germany’s Coalition Landscape. Obstacle or Opportunity for the Center-right?  

Frank Decker, Fedor Ruhose, and Philipp Adorf  

Conclusion: Towards a Fifth Wave of Far-Right Politics in Germany and beyond?  

Manès Weisskircher  

Biography

Manès Weisskircher leads a research group on far-right politics and climate action (REXKLIMA) at the Institute of Political Science, TU Dresden, and is affiliated to the Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX), University of Oslo, and the Center for Civil Society Research, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB). His research interests are social movements, political parties, democracy, and the far right.

"This extremely informative volume proves the importance of combining the analysis of street politics and institutional politics. Looking at the different facets of the interactions between protests and elections, social movements and political parties, it represents an important contribution to understanding the fourth wave of far-right politics in Germany."
Donatella della Porta, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy

"This compelling volume is a must-read for scholars and students seeking to understand the interconnections between far-right protest and electoral politics in general and Germany’s radical and extreme right in particular. Analysing the rise of the far right from street protests to parliamentary office, the authors creatively contribute to many important debates in the field."
Swen Hutter, FU Berlin and Social Science Center Berlin (WZB), Germany

"Bringing together a diverse collection of German and international experts, this book provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the German far right in its various shades and shapes. Moreover, the various chapters firmly ground the German experience in a broader international context. This makes Contemporary Germany and the Fourth Wave of Far-Right Politics a must read for scholars of both German politics and the international far right."
Cas Mudde, author of The Far Right Today (2019)