1st Edition
Far-Right Parties and the Politics of Education in Europe
Introduction: far-right parties and the politics of education in Europe
Anja Giudici, Oliver Gruber, Philipp Schnell and Anna Pultar
Part I: Longitudinal studies
1. Educational policy agenda, ideological transformation and radical right populism: the case of the education-identity nexus of the Northern League in Italy, 1994-2018
Paola Mattei and Giorgia Bulli
2. Sticking to the core or going beyond? The Austrian freedom party’s educational approach in a longitudinal perspective
Oliver Gruber and Philipp Schnell
3. For things to remain the same, everything must change? Studying National Front’s and National Rally’s platforms on education
Ismaïl Ferhat
Part II: Cross-party comparison in single countries
4. Right-wing populist education policy in a social democratic welfare state context
Palle Rasmussen
5. No school of hard knocks: education policies and ideologies of Slovak far-right parties
Tomáš Nociar and Pavol Struhár
Part III: Cross-country comparison
6. Populist radical-right governments in Central-Eastern Europe and education policy-making: a comparison of Hungary and Poland
Eszter Neumann and Paweł Rudnicki
Biography
Anja Giudici is Lecturer in Education at Cardiff University. Her work revolves around the politics and history of education, with a particular focus on how professional and partisan logics interact in shaping education systems in democracies.
Oliver Gruber is Associated Professor at the Department of Political Science at the University of Vienna. His research and teaching is focused on party politics, in particular radical right parties and populism, as well as migration and education policy, with a focus on the Austrian political system and the EU.
Philipp Schnell serves as the Director of the Austrian Institute for Research on Vocational Education and Training (öibf) and teaches at the Department of Sociology, University of Vienna. His research focuses on educational inequalities, vocational education, and education policies, both within Austria and from a comparative, international perspective.
