Cas Mudde 
The ideology of the extreme right 

This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This book provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the five main parties of the extreme right in the Netherlands (Centrumdemocraten, Centrumpartij), Belgium (Vlaams Blok), and Germany (Die Republikaner, Deutsche Volksunion). Using primary research — including internal party documents — it concludes that rather than right-wing and extremist, the core ideology of these parties is xenophobic nationalist, including also a mix of law and order and welfare chauvinism. The author’s research and conclusions have broader implications for the study of the extreme-right phenomenon and party ideology in general.

Table of Content

1. The extreme right party family Part I: Germany: ‘Deutschland den Deutschen!’ The extreme right in Germany, 1945–80 25 2. Die Republikaner 3. Deutsche Volksunion Part II: Flanders: ‘Eigen volk eerst!’ The extreme right in Flanders, 1917–80 81 4. Vlaams Blok Part III: The Netherlands: ‘Nederland voor de Nederlanders!’ The extreme right in the Netherlands, 1945–84 117 5. Centrumdemocraten 6. Centrumpartij’86 7. Comparative perspectives Bibliography Index

About the author

Cas Mudde is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Antwerp – UFSIA