By Alina PolyakovaAcross Europe, radical right-wing parties are winning increasing electoral support. In “The Dark Side of European Integration” (ibidem-Verlag and Columbia University Press, 2015) Alina Polyakova argues that this rising nationalism and the mobilization of the radical right are the consequences of European economic integration. The European economic project has produced a cultural backlash in the form of nationalist radical right ideologies. This assessment relies on a detailed analysis of the electoral rise of radical right parties in Western and Eastern Europe. Contrary to popular belief, economic performance and immigration rates are not the only factors that determine the …read more
Source: Brookings