Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy
About the Book Series
This series covers academic studies within the broad fields of ‘extremism’ and ‘democracy’, with volumes focusing on adjacent concepts such as populism, radicalism, and ideological/religious fundamentalism. These topics have been considered largely in isolation by scholars interested in the study of political parties, elections, social movements, activism, and radicalisation in democratic settings. A key focus of the series, therefore, is the (inter-)relation between extremism, radicalism, populism, fundamentalism, and democracy. Since its establishment in 1999, the series has encompassed both influential contributions to the discipline and informative accounts for public debate. Works will seek to problematise the role of extremism, broadly defined, within an ever-globalising world, and/or the way social and political actors can respond to these challenges without undermining democratic credentials.
Far-Right Political Parties in Australia: Disorganisation and Electoral Failure
1st Edition
By Jordan McSwiney
June 27, 2025
This book examines how Australian far-right parties organise and operate to better understand their limited electoral success. Australian far-right parties have yet to see results comparable to far-right parties in other contexts. Unlike many of their European counterparts that have made ...
Civil Democracy Protection: Success Conditions of Non-Governmental Organisations in Comparison
1st Edition
Edited
By Uwe Backes, Thomas Lindenberger
April 14, 2025
Civil Democracy Protection is an overview of attempts by organisations to oppose groups that are perceived to threaten democracy. The book traces the history of civil democracy protection actors from the establishment of democratic constitutional states up to the present day and develops a set of ...
Pathways to Violence Against Migrants: Space, Time and Far Right Violence in Sweden 2012–2017
1st Edition
By Måns Lundstedt
January 30, 2025
Pathways to Violence Against Migrants traces the different pathways, or combinations of causal mechanisms, that lead from nonviolent opposition to migration into anti-migrant violence. Applying the conceptual apparatus of social movement studies (frames, relations, opportunities, and collective ...
The Ideational Approach to Populism, Volume II: Consequences and Mitigation
1st Edition
Edited
By Angelos Chryssogelos, Eliza Tanner Hawkins, Kirk A. Hawkins, Levente Littvay, Nina Wiesehomeier
November 07, 2024
This book provides a series of specific predictions about the distinct impact of populist ideas. In this sequel to the first volume, the ideational approach to populism is extended, providing a robust theoretical framework for understanding populism’s consequences and for identifying policies that ...
The Sweden Democrats in Transition: From Pariah to Co-operation Partner
1st Edition
By Anders Widfeldt
October 31, 2024
This book explains how the Sweden Democrats (SD), a populist radical right party, has moved from the fringes into the mainstream of Swedish politics. SD has experienced rapid growth and success in Sweden in recent years. Following the 2022 elections, SD became an official support party to a right ...
The Nordic Populist Radical Right: Voters, Ideology, and Political Interactions
1st Edition
Edited
By Ann-Cathrine Jungar
August 05, 2024
This edited volume examines populist radical right parties in the Nordic region. Somewhat surprisingly given the image of a consensual, egalitarian, and progressive region of Europe, the Nordic countries have been fertile ground for the radical right. Not only have radical right parties persisted ...
Radical Left Voters in Western Europe
1st Edition
By Raul Gomez, Luis Ramiro
May 27, 2024
Radical Left Voters in Western Europe explores who votes for Radical Left Parties in contemporary Western Europe, and why. Once considered a relic of the past which was doomed to disappear in affluent societies, Radical Left Parties were able to survive unprecedented electoral crises in the 1980s ...
Out of Hiding: Extremist White Supremacy and How It Can be Stopped
1st Edition
By Kathleen M. Blee, Robert Futrell, Pete Simi
December 08, 2023
Out of Hiding: Extremist White Supremacy and How It Can Be Stopped explains how white supremacist extremism endures, the varied forms it takes, its relationship with systemic racism, and what to do about it. The book draws on more than 30 years of extensive data and direct experiences with ...
Contemporary Germany and the Fourth Wave of Far-Right Politics: From the Streets to Parliament
1st Edition
Edited
By Manès Weisskircher
September 28, 2023
This volume provides a state-of-the-art analysis on the fourth wave of far-right politics in Germany by leading scholars in the field. Innovatively, the book focuses not only on the role of the electoral breakthrough of AfD, the Federal Republic’s first-ever nationally established far-right party, ...
Europeanisation of the Contemporary Far Right: Generation Identity and Fortress Europe
1st Edition
By Anita Nissen
September 25, 2023
Europeanisation of the Contemporary Far Right explores the role of transnational European identity in far-right mobilisation strategies. Focusing on the national members of two trans-European far-right coalitions – Generation Identity and Fortress Europe – the author explores the extent to ...
Discourse, Hegemony, and Populism in the Visegrád Four
1st Edition
By Seongcheol Kim
May 31, 2023
This is the first book-length account of populism in the Visegrád Four (V4) countries — Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia — for the first 30 years of multi-party competition since the transformative events of 1989–91 in Central and Eastern Europe. Advancing a post-foundational approach ...
Populist Parties and Democratic Resilience: A Cross-National Analysis of Populist Parties’ Impact on Democratic Pluralism in Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Ben Crum, Alvaro Oleart
February 02, 2023
Populist Parties and Democratic Resilience focuses on populist parties as the main agents of populism and examines when these parties turn anti-democratic and when they remain loyal to the democratic system. Following the Brexit referendum, the election of Donald Trump, and the rise of populist ...