The results of the last European Elections of 2014 confirmed the rise of right and far right 'populist' parties across the EU. The success of a range of parties, such as Denmark's Dansk Folskeparti, Slovenia's Slovenska demokratska stranka, France's Front National, Greece's Golden Dawn, the United Kingdom Independence Party, Beppe Grillo's Five Star Movement in Italy and the Austrian FPOE, has been perceived as a political wave which is transforming the face of the European Parliament, and challenging at some level the hegemony of the 'big four' well-established European political forces that lead the Strasbourg's assembly: the ALDE, EPP, S&D and Greens/ALE.

As 'populism' has become a major issue in many EU countries, this collection aims to provide a critical understanding of related trends and recommend ways in which they can be challenged both in policy and praxis, by using the gender-race-ethnicity-sexual orientation intersectionality approach.

This international volume combines extensive transnational comparative data analysis, as well as research at discursive, attitudinal and behavioural levels.

About the Author

Gabriella Lazaridis is Senior Lecturer at the University of Leicester, UK.

Giovanna Campani is Professor of Intercultural Education, Gender Anthropology and Intercultural Communication, University of Florence, Italy.

Annie Benveniste is a Professor in the Department of Educational Sciences as well as for the Masters on Gender Studies at the University of Paris 8, France.

Book Information
ISBN 9781137556783
Author Gabriella Lazaridis
Format Hardback
Page Count 289
Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan