The Rise of Populism in Western Europe

1. Introduction: How the Failed Political Messaging of Moderate Political Actors Strengthens Populist Radical Right Parties
Timo Lochocki

2. The Riddle: Why Are Some Populist Radical Right Parties More Successful than Others?
Timo Lochocki

3. State of Research: Linking Social Theory with Comparative Politics
Timo Lochocki

4. Research Design: Ensuring High Validity and High Reliability Under the Auspices of Comparative Case Studies
Timo Lochocki

5. Empirical Results: Why Populists Win or Lose—A Two-Level Theory
Timo Lochocki

6. The Netherlands: The PvdA’s Pyrrhic Victories or, Waiting for Pim Fortuyn
Timo Lochocki

7. Sweden: How the Liberals (FP) Gave Birth to the Swedish Democrats (SD)
Timo Lochocki

8. Germany: How a Conservative Compromise Between CDU/CSU and SPD Blocked the Populist Radical Right Parties REP and Schill
Timo Lochocki

9. Generalizing the Findings: Explaining the Rise of UKIP and the AfD
Timo Lochocki

10. Conclusion: It’s Political Messaging, Stupid!
Timo Lochocki

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Electoral Politics, Political Communication, Communication Studies, Media Studies, European Politics, Comparative Politics