The Rise of Populism in Western Europe A Media Analysis on Failed Political Messaging /

• Main Author: Lochocki, Timo (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Elections.; Political communication.; Communication.; Europe-Politics and government.; Comparative politics.; Electoral Politics.; Political Communication.; Communication Studies.; Media Studies.; European Politics.; Comparative Politics.

This book explores the question of why and under which conditions right-wing populist parties receive electoral support. The author argues that neither economic variables, nor national culture or history are what account for their successes. Instead, he illustrates that the electoral success of popu...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Preface
• 1.Introduction: How the failed political messaging of moderate political actors strengthens populist radical right parties
• 2.The Riddle: Why are some populist radical right parties more successful than others?
• 3.State of Research: Linking social theory with comparative politics
• 4.Research Design: Ensuring high validity and high reliability under the auspices of comparative case studies
• 5.Empirical Results: Why populistis win or lose - a two-level theory
• 6.The Netherlands: The PvdA's pyrrhic victories, or Waiting for Pim Fortuyn
• 7.Sweden: How the Liberals (FP) gave birth to the Swedish Democrats (SD)
• 8.Germany: How a conservative compromise between the CDU/CSU and SPD blocked the populist radical right parties REP and Schill
• 9.Generalizing the Findings: Explaining the rise of the AfD and UKIP
• 10.Conclusioni: It's political messaging, stupid!.