Europe at the Crossroads
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Europe at the Crossroads

Confronting Populist, Nationalist, and Global Challenges

  1. 284 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Europe at the Crossroads

Confronting Populist, Nationalist, and Global Challenges

About this book

The far right is on the rise. And there are signs that part of the political mainstream in Europe, the US, and beyond is considering accommodating far-right populist parties and their divisive, ethno-nationalist programs. Europe at the Crossroads is an urgent scholarly response to the sociopolitical challenges that far-right programs pose to the idea of a more egalitarian world. It offers an interdisciplinary analysis and critique of the dynamics of the far right in Europe from Poland to the UK, from Sweden to Greece. The authors present pertinent alternatives when tackling the exclusionary rhetoric and the politics of resentment. Each contributor investigates the current advance of far right populism and the threat to liberal democracy. Their texts address the historical roots and activities of the ideologies behind Orbanism or Brexit for example. The slogan 'Fortress Europe' once a pejorative term now appeals to large numbers of voters. The authors analyze the power balance in the European Parliament, particularly in connection with the elections in the spring 2019.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Europe at the crossroads: An introduction (Pieter Bevelander & Ruth Wodak)
  4. 1. On radical right mainstreaming in Europe and the US (Matthew Feldman)
  5. 2. The EU’s values crisis: Past and future responses to threats to the rule of law and democratic principles (Heather Grabbe & Stefan Lehne)
  6. 3. Analysing the micropolitics of the populist far right in the ‘post-shame era’ (Ruth Wodak)
  7. 4. Six theories and six strategies concerning right-wing populism (Floris Biskamp)
  8. 5. The rise of neo-nationalism (Maureen A. Eger & Sarah Valdez)
  9. 6. The end of EU-topia and the politics of hate: Totalitarianism and the mainstreaming of far-right discourse in the Greek political scene (Salomi Boukala)
  10. 7. Articulations of climate change by the Austrian far right: A discourse-historical perspective on what is ‘allegedly manmade’ (Bernhard Forchtner)
  11. 8. Gender and body politics of the extreme right in Austria: Party politics meets popular culture (Markus Rheindorf & Sabine Lehner)
  12. 9. Islamophobia without Muslims as a social and political phenomenon: The case of Poland (Adam Balcer)
  13. 10. The determinants of (right-wing) political engagement among adolescents in Sweden (Beint Bentsen & Pieter Bevelander)
  14. 11. The battle over rights in Switzerland: Populist arguments against international law (Gianni D’Amato)
  15. About the authors