The People and the Nation. Populism and Ethno-Territorial Politics in Europe

Cover......Page 1 Half Title......Page 2 Series Page ......Page 3 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Table of Contents......Page 6 List of figures......Page 8 List of tables......Page 9 Preface......Page 10 List of abbreviations......Page 12 List of contributors......Page 13 Introduction......Page 16 Between “thin” ideology and discourse......Page 19 Ethno-territorial ideologies and their potential links with populism......Page 20 Outline of the chapters......Page 27 References......Page 29 Introduction......Page 35 Neither-left-nor-right populism: social credit and perchentyaeth (1920s–1960s)......Page 36 Ideological in-fights, left-of-centrism and party mainstreamization (1970s–2000s)......Page 40 The anti-austerity shield: left-wing populism after the great recession......Page 42 Left populism in Britain: an increasingly crowded political area (2015–2017)......Page 46 Discussion......Page 48 Notes......Page 50 References......Page 51 Introduction......Page 56 Populism and sub-state nationalism: complementary or exclusive for political parties?......Page 57 Case selection......Page 60 Data and methods......Page 64 Analysis......Page 68 Conclusion......Page 74 References......Page 75 4. Claiming regionalism and nationalism at the same time: how the Italian and Swiss Leagues can engage in contradictory claims and get away with it ......Page 79 The anti-European opposition......Page 80 Case selection and hypotheses......Page 82 Bridging regionalism and nationalism in party mobilization......Page 84 Discussion......Page 94 Conclusion......Page 96 References......Page 98 Introduction......Page 103 Connecting populism with regionalism and exploring its political consequences......Page 104 The transformation of mainstream Catalan politics: from regionalism to secessionism......Page 106 Populist features of the secessionist discourse......Page 109 Populism and political mobilization......Page 113 Populism and institutional behaviour......Page 116 Conclusions......Page 119 Notes......Page 120 References......Page 122 Introduction......Page 125 Radical right-wing populism made in Germany: the AfD after 2015......Page 126 Contextual factors......Page 129 The affective roots of populist mobilization in Eastern Germany......Page 132 AfD voters in East and West Germany: do regional sentiments matter?......Page 136 Conclusion......Page 142 Notes......Page 145 References......Page 146 Introduction......Page 151 Theoretical discussion......Page 152 The FPÖ: its regional organization and geographic divisions......Page 153 Examining regional and national trends......Page 156 The Freedom Party’s success in Carinthian state politics......Page 158 Carinthia’s socio-cultural cleavages and sub-state claims-making......Page 160 The impact of sub-national claims in the context of populist governing......Page 168 Conclusion......Page 174 References......Page 175 Introduction......Page 180 Addressing the territorialization of national-populist politics in France......Page 182 Methods and data......Page 188 Results......Page 189 Conclusion......Page 198 References......Page 200 Introduction......Page 204 Ethno-regionalist demands and populist discourse......Page 206 The historical roots of the center-periphery cleavage in Silesia......Page 207 Territorial structure and territorial reform in Poland......Page 209 The Silesian Autonomy Movement – from an assertive to amoderate autonomist party......Page 211 Regionalism, populist discourse and the left-right dimension......Page 215 Discussion......Page 220 Conclusion......Page 221 Notes......Page 222 References......Page 224 Introduction......Page 227 The intersection of populism and regionalism......Page 229 Regional characteristics and the rise of HDSSB......Page 233 Empirical analysis......Page 237 Conclusion......Page 245 References......Page 246 Introduction......Page 250 The impact of radical right populist challenger parties on their mainstream competitors......Page 253 The context of the electoral success of Fidesz and Jobbik in 2010......Page 255 External Hungarian minorities as an integral part of the Hungarian nation......Page 257 The Roma minority: a threat, a burden, or a hidden asset? ......Page 260 Conclusion......Page 265 References......Page 266 Introduction......Page 271 The people, the territory and the riddles of national identity......Page 272 People beyond territory: party politics in Serbian semi-competitive pluralism......Page 274 Concluding remarks on the territorial layers of Serbian populism......Page 290 References......Page 292 The relevance of populist claims......Page 295 The importance of the territory......Page 297 Central and Eastern Europe......Page 299 Rethinking nationalism, regionalism, Euroscepticism and populism......Page 302 References......Page 304 Index......Page 306