Commissioned Book Review: Tjitske Akkerman, Sarah L. de Lange and Matthijs Rooduijn (eds), Radical Right-Wing Populist Parties in Western Europe: Into the Mainstream?
| Published date | 01 May 2020 |
| Author | Lazaros Karavasilis |
| DOI | 10.1177/1478929919868605 |
| Date | 01 May 2020 |
| Subject Matter | Commissioned Book Reviews |
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Commissioned Book Review
Political Studies Review
2020, Vol. 18(2) NP13 –NP14
Commissioned Book Review
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Radical Right-Wing Populist Parties in
Manifesto Project (CMP) and the Chapel Hill
Western Europe: Into the Mainstream? by
Expert Survey (CHES), the authors try to meas-
Tjitske Akkerman, Sarah L. de Lange and
ure certain indicators on the programmatic pro-
Matthijs Rooduijn (eds). Abingdon: Routledge,
files of these parties like immigration and
2016. 316pp., £29.24, ISBN 1138914983.
‘nicheness’ (pp. 34–37), to prove if right-wing
populist parties change their profile when they
Radical right-wing populist parties have are integrated into the mainstream. The follow-
been at the forefront of the academic ing chapter written by Matthijs Rooduijn focuses
research during the last years due to the more on comparing the voters of radical right-
growing impact of these parties in Western wing populist parties with those of the main-
European political systems. The impact of stream parties based on data from the European
Social Survey (ESS). Through the examination
the radical right has also different aspects, of Western European cases, Rooduijn attempts to
ranging from how they influence party answer the question of if the voters of main-
systems, government formation and pol-
stream parties tend to vote radical right-wing
icy agenda among others. This collective populist parties because the latter are becoming
volume questions whether the radical more mainstream or if voters become more
right-wing parties change their nature and radicalized.
ideology as they become more integrated
As the first of the chapters that analyse spe-
into the political mainstream and partici-
cific country cases, Reinhard Heinisch’s and
pate in democratic processes. With that as Kristina Hauser’s examination of the main-
the main aim of this...
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