Abstract

Introduction: the rightwing populist moment as historical surprise Part I. Situating the Rightwing Populist Moment: 1. Cinderella in the polis: rightwing populism as historical phenomenon and political concept 2. Experience and events: reformulating the rightwing populist moment Part II. The Trajectory of Thin Commitments: France and the National Front: 3. Beginning on the margins: the French first! 4. 'Neither right nor left: French!': the campaign for political normalcy 5. The paradox of defeat: the rise and fall and rise of the French National Front 6. The 2002 presidential elections: the fabulous destiny of Jean-Marie Le Pen 7. The 'new' April 21: from the presidential elections to the referendum on the European constitution Part III. Theorizing Europe and Rightwing Populism: 8. Reasserting the national against Europe: politics and perception 9. Discovering the national in Europe Conclusion: the future of illiberal politics: democracy and security.

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  • When one goes through the first pages of Illiberal Politics in Neoliberal Times: Culture, Security and Populism in the New Europe, one is led to believe that the book will present a novel argument about the rise of rightwing populism in Europe

  • The first conceptual question that comes to mind when reading the title of the book is: What is the New Europe? The author defines the New Europe 357

  • The second conceptual question that comes to mind when reading the title of this book is more substantive: Why is populism about illiberal politics? The answer to this question is by no means straightforward, sinceliberalism means different things to different people

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Introduction

The first conceptual question that comes to mind when reading the title of the book is: What is the New Europe? The author defines the New Europe 357. When one goes through the first pages of Illiberal Politics in Neoliberal Times: Culture, Security and Populism in the New Europe, one is led to believe that the book will present a novel argument about the rise of rightwing populism in Europe.

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