PEGIDA and New Right-Wing Populism in Germany

This book provides the first systematic and comparative analysis of the German right-wing populist protest movement "PEGIDA". It offers an in-depth reconstruction of the movement's historical development, its organisational structure and its programmatic orientation. It depicts the pr...

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Main Authors: Vorländer, Hans (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Herold, Maik (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Schäller, Steven (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:New Perspectives in German Political Studies
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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Summary:This book provides the first systematic and comparative analysis of the German right-wing populist protest movement "PEGIDA". It offers an in-depth reconstruction of the movement's historical development, its organisational structure and its programmatic orientation. It depicts the protestors and their motivations, reactions in politics, media and society, and PEGIDA's European network. The volume presents and compares the results of scientific surveys among PEGIDA-participants and brings them into the context of long-time studies on political culture in Germany, representing a comprehensive study of the emergence of contemporary right-wing populist movements. The book will be of interest to researchers, academics and students focusing on comparative politics, (right-wing) populism, protest movements in western democracies, and political culture in Germany, as well as journalists, political educators and policy makers.
Physical Description:XVI, 212 p. 57 illus. online resource.
ISBN:9783319674957
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-67495-7