From “Radical” Right to Mainstream Right: A Shifting European Party System
One of the trends I have seen since I began studying the radical right in the mid-1990s is that ideas that were seen as “radical” back then have become mainstream. As I was working on my first book on the radical right, many researchers discouraged me, since they considered radical right parties a “flash in the pan.” However, these parties have become a persistent force in the electoral landscape. As I noted in my book, The...