1st Edition
Populism in Western Europe Comparing Belgium, Germany and The Netherlands
By Teun Pauwels
Copyright 2015
220 Pages
13 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
220 Pages
13 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
220 Pages
13 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Despite the increasing academic interest in populism, we still lack understanding of individual factors contributing to populist voting. One of the main reasons for this is that populism is almost always attached to other ideologies which makes it difficult to isolate factors.
This book draws on an innovative research design by comparing the reasons to vote for six populist parties which... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Defining populism 3. Measuring populism 4. Theories explaining populist voting 5. At your service! Lijst Pim Fortuyn in The Netherlands 6. Common sense. Lijst Dedecker in Belgium 7. Own people first! The Vlaams Belang in Belgium 8. Defending Henk & Ingrid from Islamification. The PVV in The Netherlands 9. Vote against, vote SP! The Socialistische Partij in The Netherlands 10. Wahltag ist protesttag! The PDS/Die Linke in Germany 11. Comparative perspectives
Biography
Teun Pauwels works at the Flemish Ministry of Education and Training and is scientific collaborator at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
