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Democracy at Risk. The Growth of Nationalism and Extreme Right Parties as Threat to the EU
Democracy at Risk. The Growth of Nationalism and Extreme Right Parties as Threat to the EU

Author(s): Ewa Rokicka, Jeremy Leaman, Dieter Eißel
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Political Sciences, Government/Political systems, Electoral systems, Comparative politics, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Politics and Identity
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: democracy; nationalism; populism; extreme-right parties; welfare state; inequality in Europe; xenophobia facing immigration
Summary/Abstract: The book analyses the threats to democracy that are associated with the rise of extreme-right parties and xenophobia in European Union countries. The authors show that the growing distrust towards democratic institutions and the increasing strength of populism and nationalism are connected with persistent inequalities and the malign focus on immigrants as scapegoats for the misery. Case studies from Germany, Great Britain, and Poland examine the details of the anti-democratic movements in these countries. They demonstrate the real threats to democracy and peaceful coexistence, and to the very future of the European project, its principles of solidarity and its political ambitions of convergence through mutual support. The reader will find in the book extensive empirical material outlining the situation in the European Union, along with proposals for solving the region’s social, economic and political dilemmas, for reversing the trends of fragmentation and for revitalising Europe’s democratic culture.

  • E-ISBN-13: 978-83-8220-017-1
  • Print-ISBN-13: 978-83-8220-016-4
  • Page Count: 200
  • Publication Year: 2020
  • Language: English