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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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