Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies

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The Impact of Radical Right-Wing Parties in West European Democracies

by M. Williams

Published 1 January 2006

This book contends that far-right parties play pivotal roles in setting the tone of political debates, shaping the political party system, and structuring government policy. Increasingly, as national governments attempt to cope with new realities of greater global migration, strained welfare states, and threats of foreign terror, opportunities have opened for parties of the far right to position themselves strategically.