Far-right parties have been increasingly spreading throughout Europe since 1980s; they have attracted the attention of many voters, especially the youth and the workers by campaigning against immigration and multiculturalism. Through an anti-establishment approach, these parties have become mainly mistrustful of the mainstream politics articulating themselves as the true voice of the people and...

Zusammenfassung In der Populismusforschung dient von Cas Mudde vergleichend herausgearbeitete Begriff „Männerpartei“ zur Beschreibung rechtspopulistischer Parteien. Daran anknüpfend geht dieser Artikel auf Basis einer quantitativen Befragung aktiver Parteimitglieder im Vorfeld Bundestagswahl 2017 ( N = 7923) Frage nach, inwiefern dieses Konzept die „Alternative für Deutschland“ übertragen werde...

Speed and Mannion make a good case that the rise of populism poses significant challenges for health policy. This commentary suggests that the link between populism and health policy should be further nuanced in four ways. First, a deconstruction of the term populism itself and a focus on the far right dimension of populist politics; second, a focus on the supply side and more specifically the ...

This article studies the response by public sphere institutions in democratic societies to far-right parties, focusing specifically on broadcasting organizations Germany and Sweden. With upsurge of parties these types are faced with difficult decisions how balance norms inclusivity, impartiality pluralism while also safeguarding substantive related protection equal human dignity non-discriminat...

In the 2002 Turkish parliamentary election, more than half of the voters cast their ballots for a party different than the one they chose in 1999. The outcomes of these elections are analyzed at the provincial level, through a system of regression equations. The results obtained indicate that votes moved from the Virtue, Nationalist Action, Motherland and True Path parties to the Justice and De...