Cas Mudde is Associate Professor in the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) at the University of Georgia, USA, and a Researcher at the Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX) at the University of Oslo, Norway.

Preface

Introduction: The Populist Radical Right Today

I - Ideology & Issues

1. Interregnum or Endgame? The Radical Right in the 'Post-Fascist' Era

2. Party Ideology

3. Against the Current-Stemming the Tide: The Nostalgic Ideology of the Contemporary Radical Populist Right

4. A New Winning Formula? The Programmatic Appeal of the Radical Right

5. The European Extreme-Right and Islam: New Directions?

[...]opean Integration and the Radical Right: Three Patterns of Opposition

II - Parties, Organizations and Subcultures

7. Right-Wing Extremism in Post-War Europe

8. New Populist Parties in Europe

9. Modern European Democracies and Its Enemies: The Threat of the Extreme Right

10. Racist Extremism in Central and Eastern Europe

11. Conservative and Right-Wing Movements

III - Leaders, Members & Voters

12. The Rebirth of Charisma? The Cases of Jean-Marie Le Pen and Vladimir Zhirinovsky

13. Extreme Right Activists: Recruitment and Experiences

14. Becoming a Racist: Women in Contemporary Ku Klux Klan and Neo-Nazi Groups

15. Electoral Sociology - Who Votes for the Extreme Right and Why - and When?

16. The Radical Right Gender Gap

IV - Causes

17. The Silent Counter-Revolution: Hypotheses on the Emergence of Extreme Right-Wing Parties in Europe

18. The New Politics of Resentment: Radical Right-wing Populism in Western Europe 19. The Contemporary Radical Right: An Interpretative and Explanatory Framework

20. The Radical Right in Postsocialist Central and Eastern Europe: Comparative Observations and Interpretations

21. Ten Theories of the Extreme Right

22. The Populist Radical Right: A Pathological Normalcy

V - Consequences23. The Radical Right in Public Office: Agenda-Setting and Policy Effects

24. The Extreme-Right and Immigration Policy-Making: Measuring Direct and Indirect Effects

25. Contagious Parties: Anti-Immigration Parties and Their Impact On Other Parties' Immigration Stances in Contemporary Western Europe

26. Comparing Radical Right Parties in Government: Immigration and Integration Policies in Nine Countries (1996-2010)

27. Populism and Liberal Democracy: Populists in Government in Austria, Italy, Poland and Switzerland

28. Three Decades of Populist Radical Right Parties in Western Europe: So What?

VI - Responses29. Patterns of Response to the Extreme Right in Western Europe

30. Between Adaptation, Differentiation and Distinction: Extreme Right-Wing Parties Within Democratic Political Systems

31. Reacting to the Radical Right: Lessons from Germany and Austria 32. New Alliances: Why Mainstream Parties Govern With Radical Right-Wing Populist Parties

Conclusion: Studying Populist Radical Right Parties and Politics in the 21st Century