Radical/Extreme Right Party Ideology, Strategy and Organisation

Abstract

Radical and/or extreme right political parties continue to be the focus of much media attention and academic research. Of course, the success of (some of) these parties in recent elections in large part explains the interest they arouse and the coverage they receive. But if we scratch a little deeper and start asking questions about why parties of this kind continue to post impressive electoral results in many countries, along with the context in which they compete, we must turn to examining the parties themselves. And if we do, we can start to notice changes in ideology, in strategy, and/or in organization, as evidenced, for example, by the French FN’s apparently moderated ideology, or by Marine Le Pen’s strategy to ‘open up’ the French right, or by Geert Wilders’ efforts to build up the PVV organization. Therefore, given their importance, this panel will focus on the parties of the ‘New Right’ themselves, and invites papers that examine extreme/radical right party ideology, strategy, and/or organization. We would like to encourage both conceptual papers and empirical papers that engage in comparative analysis.

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Modelling Trans-National Diffusion Mechanisms Between West European Far Right Parties: Introducing a Three-Step Model	View Paper Details
Of Referents, Meaning and Words: A Reassessment of the Concept of Right-Wing Extremism and Right-Wing Radicalism	View Paper Details
Walking Away from the Wild Side? Radical Right Parties and Policy Moderation in Western Europe, 1990-2010	View Paper Details
Radical Rascals: Populism and Left/Right Radicalism in Western Europe	View Paper Details
Ditching the Plane: Policy-Package Innovation by the Dutch Freedom Party	View Paper Details