The Dark Side of European Integration: Social Foundations and Cultural Determinants of the Rise of Radical Right Movements in Contemporary Europe: 4 (Explorations of the Far Right) - Softcover

Polyakova, Alina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3838207661 ISBN 13: 9783838207667

Publisher: IbidemVerlag, 2015

Synopsis

Across Europe, radical rightwing parties are winning increasing electoral support. The Dark Side of European Integration argues that this rising nationalism and the mobilization of the radical right are the consequences of European economic integration. The European economic project has produced a cultural backlash in the form of nationalist radical right ideologies.
This assessment relies on a detailed analysis of the electoral rise of radical right parties in Western and Eastern Europe. Contrary to popular belief, economic performance and immigration rates are not the only factors that determine the far right´s success. There are other political and social factors that explain why in postsocialist Eastern European countries such parties had historically been weaker than their potential, which they have now started to fulfill increasingly. Using indepth interviews with radical right activists in Ukraine, Alina Polyakova also explores how radical right mobilization works on the ground through social networks, allowing new insights into how social movements and political parties interact.

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About the Author

Dr. Alina Polyakova is Associate Director of the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center at the Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C.

Edition details

• Publisher: IbidemVerlag
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3838207661
• ISBN 13: 9783838207667
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 182