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.
German Perspectives on Right-Wing Extremism: Challenges for Comparative Analysis
1st Edition
Edited
By Johannes Kiess, Oliver Decker, Elmar Brähler
August 14, 2020
This book discusses right-wing extremism by analysing Germanophone research on this topic for the first time in English, including unique survey data from Germany and Austria. Highlighting how questions of terminology can become complicated when country cases are compared, the authors analyse ...
The Politics of Migration in Italy: Perspectives on local debates and party competition
1st Edition
By Pietro Castelli Gattinara
August 14, 2020
Migration represents one of the key issues in both Italian and European politics, and it has triggered EU-wide debates and negotiations, alongside alarmist and often sensationalist news reporting on the activities of government, party and social movement actors.The Politics of Migration in Italy ...
Understanding the Populist Shift: Othering in a Europe in Crisis
1st Edition
Edited
By Gabriella Lazaridis, Giovanna Campani
August 14, 2020
During the European elections of 2014, one of the main issues raised by the media was the electoral performance of so called ‘populist parties’. The electorate confirmed its deep dissatisfaction with mainstream political parties, voting for far right parties in parliamentary elections in Northern ...
When Does Terrorism Work?
1st Edition
Edited
By Diego Muro
August 14, 2020
This book examines the question of when terrorism works. Determining if political violence is effective and, if at all possible, when it is effective, is vital for both intellectual and practical reasons. The volume contains chapters from scholars who have been at the forefront of the ...
Anti-Islamic Protest in the UK: Policy Responses to the Far Right
1st Edition
By William Allchorn
June 30, 2020
Demonstrations by far-right groups, such as the English Defence League, Britain First and PEGIDA, have caused considerable social and civic unrest in UK cities for nearly a decade. But how should policymakers respond to far-right and anti-Muslim activism? Drawing on extensive primary research with ...
Democratic Dilemmas: Why democracies ban political parties
1st Edition
By Angela Bourne
June 30, 2020
This book examines how democratic communities resolve dilemmas posed by anti-system parties or, more specifically, the question of why democracies take the grave decision to ban political parties. On the one hand, party bans may ‘protect’ democracies, usually from groups deemed to undermine the ...
Liberal Roots of Far Right Activism: The Anti-Islamic Movement in the 21st Century
1st Edition
By Lars Erik Berntzen
October 28, 2019
This book explores the anti-Islamic turn and expansion of the far right in Western Europe, North America and beyond from 2001 and onwards. Driven by terror attacks and other moral shocks, the anti-Islamic cause has undergone four waves of transnational expansion in the period since 2001. The ...
The People and the Nation: Populism and Ethno-Territorial Politics in Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Reinhard Heinisch, Emanuele Massetti, Oscar Mazzoleni
October 11, 2019
The edited book brings together country experts on populism, ethno-territorial politics, and party competition. It consists of twelve empirical chapters, covering seven Western European states (Austria, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK) as well as four Central European states ...
Radical Right Movement Parties in Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Manuela Caiani, Ondřej Císař
December 11, 2018
This book provides state of the art research by leading experts on the movement parties of the radical right. It examines the theoretical implications and empirical relevance of these organizations, comparing movement parties in time and space in Europe and beyond. The editors provide a theoretical...
Fascism, Populism and American Democracy
1st Edition
By Leonard Weinberg
October 10, 2018
Hard right-wing politics is growing in popularity in America, marked by Donald Trump’s success in the 2016 election, and it is worth questioning what this means for the American democratic system. This book seeks to explain the vulnerability of democracies to the appeal of right-wing politics ...
The Ideational Approach to Populism: Concept, Theory, and Analysis
1st Edition
Edited
By Kirk A. Hawkins, Ryan E. Carlin, Levente Littvay, Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser
October 04, 2018
Populism is on the rise in Europe and the Americas. Scholars increasingly understand populist forces in terms of their ideas or discourse, one that envisions a cosmic struggle between the will of the common people and a conspiring elite. In this volume, we advance populism scholarship by proposing ...
Trumping the Mainstream: The Conquest of Democratic Politics by the Populist Radical Right
1st Edition
Edited
By Lise Esther Herman, James Muldoon
August 17, 2018
In 2016, the striking electoral success of the UK Vote Leave campaign and Donald Trump’s presidential bid defied conventional expectations and transformed the political landscape. Considered together, these two largely unpredicted events constitute a defining moment in the process of the ...