Cleavage Politics and the Populist Right: The New Cultural Conflict in Western Europe (Social Logic of Politics)

Over the last two decades, right-wing populist parties in Western Europe have gained sizable vote shares and power, much to the fascination and consternation of political observers. Meshing traditionalism and communitarian ideals, right-wing populist parties have come to represent a polar normative ideal to the New Left in Western Europe. In his dynamic study "Cleavage Politics and the Populist Right, " Simon Bornschier applies a cultural as well as political dimension to analyze the parties of both the right and left in six countries. He develops a theory that integrates the role of political conflict around both established cleavages and party strategies regarding new divisions to explain the varying fortunes of the populist right. A Dynamic Perspective On Cleavages And The Populist Right -- Putting Right-wing Populist Parties In Context -- The New Cultural Conflict And The Populist Right In Western Europe -- The Extreme-right-wing Populist Party Family -- New Political Divides And Historical Cleavages -- From Structure To Culture And Back : The Perpetuation And Transformation Of Historical Cleavages -- Research Design And Methods -- The New Cultural Cleavage And The Populist Right In France, Switzerland, And Germany -- France : The Reshaping Of Cultural Conflicts And The Rise Of The Front National -- Switzerland : The Transformation Of The Swiss People's Party -- Germany : A Constricted Ideological Space And The Failure Of The Extreme Right -- The Redefinition Of Cultural Conflicts And The Transformation Of Western European Party Systems. Simon Bornschier. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. A dynamic perspective on cleavages and the populist right Putting right-wing populist parties in context The new cultural conflict and the populist right in Western Europe The extreme right-wing populist party family New political divides and historical cleavages From structure to culture and back : the perpetuation and transformation of historical cleavages Research design and methods The new cultural cleavage and the populist right in France, Switzerland, and Germany France : the reshaping of cultural conflicts and the rise of the Front National Switzerland : the transformation of the Swiss People's Party Germany : a constricted ideological space and the failure of the extreme right The redefinition of cultural conflicts and the transformation of Western European party systems. Simon Bornschier charts the emergence of the Front National in France & the transformation of the Swiss People's Party to right-wing populism, showing how a new cultural cleavage has formed wherever the right has made a political breakthrough A comparative study of how historical cleavages and party strategies interact to shape the fortunes of the populist right in Western Europe