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Instructors: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Kai Arzheimer
Event type:
Seminar
Displayed in timetable as:
Sem. extreme right
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
- | 30
Priority scheme: Senatsrichtlinie
Requirements / organisational issues:
This seminar follows a lecture/class discussion format. Occassionally, I will ask students to give a very short presentation on current events, but there will be no lengthy presentations by students ("Referate"). I do, however, expect that you attend classes well-prepared, and that you are willing and able to participate in class discussions. Therefore, it is absolutely necessary that you regularly read the assigned texts.
Contents:
Over the last 30 years or so, parties of the "New", "Radical", "Extreme", "Populist" or "Anti-Immigration" Right have become a permanent feature of political life in most West European countries. At the same time, support for these (slightly dubious) parties is highly volatile and conditional on circumstances beyond the control of party leaders. This seminar starts with an overview of theories of contemporary right-wing extremist success. Next, we will analyse the political developments and the recent situation in several West European countries. Finally, we will look at various attempts to statistically model right-wing extremist support in comparative perspective
Recommended reading list:
Akkerman, Tjitske, de Lange, Sarah & Rooduijn, Matthijs (Eds. 2016); Radical Right-Wing Populist Parties in Western Europe. London: RoutledgeCarter, Elisabeth (2005): The Extreme Right in Western Europe: Success or Failure?, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Hainsworth, Paul (2008): The Extreme Right in Western Europe, New York/London: Routledge.
Kitschelt, Herbert (1995): The Radical Right in Western Europe, Ann Arbor: Michigan University Press.
Mudde, Cas (2007): Populist Radical Right Parties in Europe, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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