Abstract
Right-wing populists depart from mainstream political parties in the West by their willingness to dismiss many of the once shared democratic values of Western liberal democracy in the Post WWII era. This chapter offers a new frame for understanding contemporary right-wing nationalist populism, identified around ten common qualities. Here, Bergmann explores the roots of contemporary populism and maps both the birth and development of populist movements in Europe. The chapter opens with a discussion of a few underlying concepts, such as populism, nationalism and fascism. Next, Bergmann discusses the international architecture built after the Second World War and its institutional setup, which many nationalist populists have built some of their most persistent CTs around. Then, he explores the devolvement of cultural racism and separates between three main waves of far-right populism in the post-war era. Lastly, Bergmann identifies a winning formula of the conspiratorial far-right in the West.
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Bergmann, E. (2018). Dissecting Populism. In: Conspiracy & Populism. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90359-0_4
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