Simon Bornschier
Series: The Social Logic of Politics
Copyright Date: 2010
Published
by: Temple University Press
Pages: 260
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt14btchr
Book Description:
Over the last two decades, right-wing populist parties in Western Europe have gained sizable vote shares and power, much to the fascination and consternation of political observers. Meshing traditionalism and communitarian ideals, right-wing populist parties have come to represent a polar normative ideal to the New Left in Western Europe. In his dynamic studyCleavage Politics and the Populist Right,Simon Bornschier applies a cultural as well as political dimension to analyze the parties of both the right and left in six countries. He develops a theory that integrates the role of political conflict around both established cleavages and party strategies regarding new divisions to explain the varying fortunes of the populist right.
eISBN: 978-1-4399-0194-6
Subjects: Political Science