Institutional Roles and Radical Right-Wing Populism

<p>This book examines how the proximity to government and different institutional roles–being in opposition government or supporting a minority government–influence European radical right-wing populist (RRWP) parties’ discourse.</p><p>Analysing case studies of different institutional roles – Finns Party (opposition) Fidesz (government) and the Danish People’s Party (supporting a minority government) – the book presents how the framing of the RRWP’s ideology and policies adapt to decision-making and power. It investigates whether there are alternative factors which better explain the possible changes in tone – such as domestic or foreign events – and finds that the party discourse is such a robust and identifying character of the RRWP parties that the different institutional roles do not moderate as previously thought.</p><p>This book is of key interest to scholars and students of the radical right party politics populism policymaking and more broadly European and comparative politics.</p>