1st Edition
The Rise of Nationalist Populism Comparing Western European Right-Wing Political Parties
1. Introduction
2. Literature review
2.1. Right-wing populism
2.2. Nationalism(s)
2.3. Nationalism and populism
2.4. Conclusion
3. Theoretical framework
3.1. Post-structuralism: undecidability and the impossibility of social closure
3.2. Neo-Gramscianism: hegemony, contingency and articulation
3.3. The political according to Laclau: post-foundationalism, discourse and competition
3.4. The Populist Radical Right, populism and nationalism
4. Methodology
4.1. Overcoming the limitations of other Discourse Theory methodologies for the analysis of discursive formations
4.2. What kind of discourse analysis?
The structural moment
The positional moment
4.3. Data collection and inferences
4.4. A comparative approach
5. Discourse analysis: introduction
6. Discourse analysis: France
6.1. Structural moment
Identifying the main political actors of the period
Organic crisis and competing frontier-building
Identifying the key demands and signifiers in dispute throughout the period
6.2. Positional moment
Articulation
Competition
Conclusion
7. Discourse analysis: Italy
7.1. Structural moment
Identifying the main political actors of the period
Organic crisis and competing frontier-building
Identifying the key demands and signifiers in dispute throughout the period
7.2. Positional moment
Articulation
Competition
Conclusion
8. Discourse analysis: Spain
8.1. Structural moment
Identifying the main political actors of the period
Organic crisis and competing frontier-building
Identifying the key demands and signifiers in dispute throughout the period
8.2. Positional moment
Articulation
Competition
Conclusion
9. Comparative analysis
9.1. Stasis and hegemonic impossibility
9.2. What kind of nationalism?
9.3. Nationalising the people or popularising the nation?
9.4. Conclusions
10. Conclusions
10.1. Summary of findings and contributions to knowledge
10.2. Suggestions for further research
11. Index
Biography
Daniel Rueda received his PhD from King’s College London, London, the United Kingdom. He currently works as a teacher of Political Sociology and International Relations at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas, in Madrid.
