1st Edition

The Success and Failure of Right-Wing Populist Parties in the Benelux Countries

By Léonie de Jonge Copyright 2021
224 Pages 6 Color & 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 6 Color & 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 6 Color & 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book focuses on the varied support for the populist radical right in the Benelux countries: Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Despite many common characteristics, right-wing populist parties have historically been more successful in the Netherlands and Flanders than in Luxembourg and Wallonia. This book argues that the variation in the success of right-wing populist parties depends... Read more

1. Right-Wing Populism in Europe: A Story of Success and Failure

2. Explaining Right-Wing Populist Trajectories: Towards a Framework for Analysis

3. History of the Populist Radical Right in the Benelux

4. Mainstream Parties: Catalysts or Buffers Against the Populist Radical Right?

5. The Media and the Populist Radical Right: Friend or Foe?

6. Right-Wing Populist Parties in the Benelux and Beyond: Future Pathways

Biography

Léonie de Jonge is Assistant Professor in European Politics and Society at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. She holds a PhD in Politics and International Studies from the University of Cambridge, UK (2019). Her research has been published in different journals, including the International Journal of Press/Politics and Government & Opposition.