PEGIDA and New Right-Wing Populism in Germany

This book provides the first systematic and comparative analysis of the German right-wing populist protest movement "PEGIDA". It offers an in-depth reconstruction of the movement's historical development, its organisational structure and its programmatic orientation. It depicts the pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vorländer, Hans (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:New Perspectives in German Political Studies
Subjects:
Germany-Politics and government.
Democracy.
Europe-Politics and government.
ISBN:9783319674957
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The development of PEGIDA: From a movement of the outraged to a protest ritual
  • 3. Dealing with PEGIDA: Between demarcation and dialogue
  • 4. PEGIDA in the context of German right-wing populism
  • 5. The PEGIDA demonstrators: characteristics and motivations
  • 6. Right-wing populist attitudes at PEGIDA: findings and interpretations
  • 7. Right-wing populism in Germany: Classification and explanation
  • 8. PEGIDA as part of right-wing populism in Germany and Europe.

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