Mabel Berezin

Illiberal Politics in Neoliberal Times

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Argues that the rightwing populist movement in contemporary Europe would not have emerged in the absence of intensified Europeanization.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 624g
• ISBN-13: 9780521839136
• ISBN-10: 0521839130
• Artikelnr.: 26370673

Autorenporträt

Mabel Berezin is Associate Professor of Sociology at Cornell University. She is the author of Making the Fascist Self: The Political Culture of Inter-war Italy (1997) which was awarded the J. David Greenstone Prize for Best Book of 1996-1997 in Politics and History by the American Political Science Association and named an Outstanding Academic Book of 1997 by Choice. She is also co-editor of Europe Without Borders (2003) and has written numerous articles on European politics, culture and history.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the rightwing populist moment as historical surprise; Part I.
Situating the Rightwing Populist Moment: 1. Cinderella in the polis:
rightwing populism as historical phenomenon and political concept; 2.
Experience and events: reformulating the rightwing populist moment; Part
II. The Trajectory of Thin Commitments: France and the National Front: 3.
Beginning on the margins: the French first!; 4. 'Neither right nor left:
French!': the campaign for political normalcy; 5. The paradox of defeat:
the rise and fall and rise of the French National Front; 6. The 2002
presidential elections: the fabulous destiny of Jean-Marie Le Pen; 7. The
'new' April 21: from the presidential elections to the referendum on the
European constitution; Part III. Theorizing Europe and Rightwing Populism:
8. Reasserting the national against Europe: politics and perception; 9.
Discovering the national in Europe; Conclusion: the future of illiberal
politics: democracy and security.