Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-243) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : The sceptre and the spectre / Daniele Albertazzi and Duncan McDonnell -- Populism and democracy / Gianfranco Pasquino -- Politics against democracy : party withdrawal and populist breakthrough / Alfio Mastropaolo -- Populism and the media / Gianpietro Mazzoleni -- Austria : the structure and agency of Austrian populism / Reinhard Heinisch -- Italy : a country of many populisms / Marco Tarchi -- Switzerland : yet another populist paradise / Daniele Albertazzi -- Germany : right-wing populist failures and left-wing successes / Frank Decker -- Sweden : the Scandinavian exception / Jens Rydgren -- The Netherlands : populism versus pillarization / Paul Lucardie -- France : the Front national, ethnonationalism and populism / Jens Rydgren -- Britain : imperial legacies, institutional constraints and new political opportunities / Stefano Fella -- The Republic of Ireland : the dog that hasn't barked in the night? / Duncan McDonnell -- Conclusion : Populism and twenty-first century Western European democracy / Daniele Albertazzi and Duncan McDonnell.
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