Title The media and the far right in western Europe : playing the nationalist card / Antonis A. Ellinas

Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 255 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction -- Explaining far right trajectories -- Party and media politics in Austria: the rise of the FPÖ -- Competing over German identity: conservatives and the nonvisible far right -- Greek nationalists: from mainstream to the margins? -- The growth, persistence and fall of the French National Front -- Conclusion Summary "This book examines the fascinating interplay of party and media behavior to explain one of the most important phenomena in Western Europe: the rise of far-right parties. To account for the divergent electoral fortunes of these parties, the book examines how political parties and the mass media have dealt with growing public concerns over national identity. Mainstream politicians chose to "play the nationalist card," creating opportunities for the entry of far-right parties into the political system. In some cases, the media gave outsized exposure to such parties, allowing them to capitalize on these opportunities; in other cases, they ignored them, blocking their entry into the political system. Using elite interviews, content analysis, and primary documents to trace identity politics since the 1980s, this book presents an original interpretation of identity politics and media behavior in Austria, Germany, Greece, and France since the 1980s"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-245) and index Subject Political parties -- Europe, Western Right-wing extremists -- Europe, Western Mass media -- Political aspects -- Europe, Western Nationalism -- Europe, Western POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Parties. Mass media -- Political aspects Nationalism Political parties Politics and government Right-wing extremists Rechtsradikale Partei Nationalismus Massenmedien SUBJECT Europe, Western -- Politics and government -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98008033 Subject Western Europe Westeuropa Form Electronic book LC no. 2009044264 ISBN 9780511679261 0511679262 9780511676758 0511676751 9786612525773 6612525770

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