The Populist Radical Right in Europe: A Xenophobic Voice in the Global Economic Crisis

@inproceedings{Loch2015ThePR,
  title={The Populist Radical Right in Europe: A Xenophobic Voice in the Global Economic Crisis},
  author={Dietmar Loch and Ov Cristian Norocel},
  year={2015}
}
Since the late-1980s, populist radical Right parties have established themselves in the party systems of several Western, Central and Eastern European democracies, in some cases even temporarily partaking in governing coalitions (Delwit and Poirier 2007). They are present throughout Europe, from the French National Front (Front National, FN), and the (True) Finns (Party) (Perussuomalaiset, PS/Sannfinlandarna, SF), to the Hungarian Movement for a Better Hungary (Jobbik Magyarorszagert Mozgalom… Expand
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