“Daigle’s, Neulen’s, and Hofeman’s comparative analysis of the 2017 elections in Germany, Britain, and France puts populism in a broader perspective. The breadth of their public opinion data and the leverage of their comparative design allows them to scrutinize systematically some popular explanations for the rise of right-wing populism. This could hardly be more timely.”
—Christopher Cochrane, Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Canada
“This gem of a book is a high-quality investigation into a pressing phenomenon in economically-advanced democracies: the success of the extreme right in France, Great Britain and Germany.”
—Delia Dumitrescu, Lecturer in Media and Cultural Politics, University of East Anglia, UK
This project offers an in-depth look at the three 2017 elections held in Western Europe: France, Germany, and the UK. With events like Brexit and a general rise in right-wing populism across highly industrialized nations, understanding the underlying causes of increasingly extreme electoral behavior is both valuable and prescient. A highly theoretically-focused and current project, it provides a consistent methodological and analytic approach that uses election study data and primary sources to offer a complete and cogent picture of this complex phenomenon as can only found by examining the attitudes and behaviors of the most powerful of democratic participants: the voters.
This project offers an in-depth look at the three 2017 elections held in Western Europe: France, Germany, and the UK. With events like Brexit and a general rise in right-wing populism across highly industrialized nations, understanding the underlying causes of increasingly extreme electoral behavior is both valuable and prescient. A highly theoretically-focused and current project, it provides a consistent methodological and analytic approach that uses election study data and primary sources to offer a complete and cogent picture of this complex phenomenon as can only found by examining the attitudes and behaviors of the most powerful of democratic participants: the voters.
Delton T. Daigle
European elections comparative elections western European politics European mass movements Populism in Europe demographic shifts
“This volume is a valuable contribution to the lively debate on the determinants of rightwing voting in Europe. … I would especially recommend the volume to readers who are relatively new to the research field and in general to scholars to use as a starting point for further research into the interplay of anti-immigrant sentiment, populist attitudes, and right-wing voting.” (Simon Ellerbrock, Democratization, August 28, 2019)