Overview
- Offers a revised and updated version of the German book PEGIDA: Entwicklung, Zusammensetzung und Deutung einer Empörungsbewegung by the same authors
- Brings together scientific surveys of PEGIDA-participants with literature on German politics
- Considers the impact of the development of PEGIDA on German politics and culture
Part of the book series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies (NPG)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- PEGIDA
- right-wing populism in Germany
- German populist politics
- populist movement in Germany
- political history of PEGIDA
- political motivation for populism
- PEGIDA's networks
- political culture in Germany
- protest movements in Western democracies
- development of PEGIDA
- social reactions to PEGIDA
- PEGIDA and the media
- PEGIDA demonstrations
- German party system
- European right-wing populism
- anti-establishment politics
- german politics
- democracy
About this book
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 protestors and their motivations, reactions in politics, media and society, and PEGIDA’s European network. The volume presents and compares the results of scientific surveys among PEGIDA-participants and brings them into the context of long-time studies on political culture in Germany, representing a comprehensive study of the emergence of contemporary right-wing populist movements. The book will be of interest to researchers, academics and students focusing on comparative politics, (right-wing) populism, protest movements in western democracies, and political culture in Germany, as well as journalists, political educators and policy makers.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Hans Vorländer holds the Chair of Political Theory and the History of Political Thought at TU Dresden, Germany. He is also Founding Director of the Dresden based Center for the Study of Constitutionalism and Democracy (ZVD). He has published numerous books on democracy, constitutionalism, liberalism and populism. Among his publications are books on democracy (Demokratie, 2009) and on constitutionalism (Die Verfassung, 2012).
Maik Herold is Research Associate at the Chair of Political Theory and the History of Political Thought at TU Dresden and at the Center for the Study of Constitutionalism and Democracy (ZVD), Germany.
Steven Schäller is Research Associate at the Chair of Political Theory and History of Political Thought at TU Dresden and at the Center for the Study of Constitutionalism and Democracy (ZVD), Germany.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: PEGIDA and New Right-Wing Populism in Germany
Authors: Hans Vorländer, Maik Herold, Steven Schäller
Series Title: New Perspectives in German Political Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67495-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-67494-0Published: 20 March 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09802-5Published: 08 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-67495-7Published: 08 March 2018
Series ISSN: 2947-6747
Series E-ISSN: 2947-6755
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 212
Number of Illustrations: 57 b/w illustrations
Topics: German Politics, Democracy, European Politics