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The Rise of Populism in Western Europe

A Media Analysis on Failed Political Messaging

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  1. Timo Lochocki

    1. The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Berlin, Germany

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  • Offers a generalizable and empirically backed theory for the rise and fall of right-wing populist parties
  • Shows why political messaging is the key factor in today’s politics
  • Presents case studies on the success of populist right-wing parties in Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction: How the Failed Political Messaging of Moderate Political Actors Strengthens Populist Radical Right Parties

    • Timo Lochocki
    Pages 1-4

  3. The Riddle: Why Are Some Populist Radical Right Parties More Successful than Others?

    • Timo Lochocki
    Pages 5-15

  4. State of Research: Linking Social Theory with Comparative Politics

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    Pages 17-32

  5. Research Design: Ensuring High Validity and High Reliability Under the Auspices of Comparative Case Studies

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    Pages 33-54

  6. Empirical Results: Why Populists Win or Lose—A Two-Level Theory

    • Timo Lochocki
    Pages 55-71

  7. The Netherlands: The PvdA’s Pyrrhic Victories or, Waiting for Pim Fortuyn

    • Timo Lochocki
    Pages 73-86

  8. Sweden: How the Liberals (FP) Gave Birth to the Swedish Democrats (SD)

    • Timo Lochocki
    Pages 87-99

  9. Germany: How a Conservative Compromise Between CDU/CSU and SPD Blocked the Populist Radical Right Parties REP and Schill

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    Pages 101-133

  10. Generalizing the Findings: Explaining the Rise of UKIP and the AfD

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    Pages 135-150

  11. Conclusion: It’s Political Messaging, Stupid!

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    Pages 151-162
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This book explores the question of why and under which conditions right-wing populist parties receive electoral support. The author argues that neither economic variables, nor national culture or history are what account for their successes. Instead, he illustrates that the electoral success of populist parties in Western Europe, such as the French Front National or the Alternative for Germany, is best understood as the unintended consequence of misleading political messaging on the part of established political actors.
 
A two-level theory explains why moderate politicians have changed their approaches to political messaging, potentially benefiting the nationalist, anti-elitist and anti-immigration rhetoric of their populist contenders. Lastly, the book’s theoretical assumptions are empirically validated by case studies on the immigration societies of Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden. 





Authors and Affiliations

  • The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Berlin, Germany

    Timo Lochocki

About the author

Dr. Timo Lochocki is a transatlantic fellow with the Europe program where he directs GMF’s research activities on European diversity and party politics. He studied social psychology and international politics in Germany, Norway, and the United States and holds a Ph.D. in comparative politics from the Humboldt University Berlin, where he is a lecturer for European Politics. His award-winning research focuses on the intersection between international policy challenges (migration and matters of European Integration, in particular) and European party politics. Explaining the varying electoral advances of right-wing populist parties in Europe over the last 30 years, his doctoral thesis was graded as summa cum laude. His GMF Europe policy paper "The Unstoppable Far Right? How established parties’ communication strategies and media reporting of European affairs affect the advances of right-wing populist parties" won the award for the best paper at the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) Conference 2015. He regularly comments European and German party politics for national and international news outlets as Der Tagesspiegel, The Economist, Politico Europe or The London Times. 

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