Analyzes the phenomenon of sustained populist growth in Western Europe by looking at the conditions facilitating populism in specific national contexts and then examining populist fortunes in those countries.

Over the last decade, the main area of sustained populist growth has been Western Europe. "Twenty-First Century Populism" analyzes this phenomenon by looking at the conditions facilitating populism in specific national contexts and then examining populist fortunes in those countries. Containing chapters by a series of country experts and political scientists from across the continent, this volume is the first to offer an in-depth account of the reasons behind the populist wave in twenty-first century Europe.

Introduction: The Sceptre and the Spectre
D.Albertazzi &
D.McDonnell - PART I - Populism and Democracy
G.Pasquino
- Politics against Democracy: Party Withdrawal and Populist Breakthrough
A.Mastropaolo
- Populism and the Media
G.Mazzoleni
- PART II - Austria: The Structure and Agency of Austrian Populism
R.Heinisch
- Italy: A Country of Many Populisms
M.Tarchi
- Switzerland: Yet another Populist Paradise
D.Albertazzi
- Germany: Right-wing Populist Failures and Left-wing Successes
F.Decker
- Sweden: The Scandinavian Exception
J.Rydgren
- The Netherlands: Populism versus Pillarization
P.Lucardie
- France: The Front National, Ethnonationalism and Populism
J.Rydgren
- Britain: Imperial Legacies, Institutional Constraints and New Political Opportunities
S.Fella
- The Republic of Ireland: The Dog That Hasn't Barked in the Night?
D.McDonnell
- Conclusions: Populism and Twenty-first Century Western European Democracy
D.Albertazzi &
D.McDonnell