Comparative Politics

1 total work

The Crisis of Conservatism and the Rise of the New Right in Western Democracies: Populist Revolt in the Late Twentieth Century

by Lawrence C. Mayer and Erol Kaymak

Published 1 November 1997

This study utilizes party platforms, polling data, and demographic and voting trends to examine the emergence of the populist new right in Western democracies. It delineates the distinctive attitudes and values that constitute populism by contrast to conservatism and liberalism.