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The Netherlands: Explaining the Limited Success of the Extreme Right
The Politics of the Extreme Right: From the Margins to the Mainstream (2000)
  • Cas Mudde, University of Georgia
  • Joop Van Holsteyn, Leiden University
Abstract

The third wave of right-wing extremism in West Europe, which started in the early 1980s (Von Beyme, 1988), did not pass the Netherlands by. This chapter deals with Dutch manifestation of extreme right parties, most notably its main representative, the Centrumdemocraten (Centre Democrats, CD). It presents a portrait of this party, describing its history, organization and ideology, and electorate, as well as a discussion of the reasons for its limited success compared to equivalent parties in countries like Austria, Belgium and France.

Keywords
  • extreme right,
  • Netherlands,
  • subcultures
Publication Date
2000
Editor
Paul Hainsworth
Publisher
Pinter
Citation Information
Cas Mudde and Joop Van Holsteyn. "The Netherlands: Explaining the Limited Success of the Extreme Right" London and New YorkThe Politics of the Extreme Right: From the Margins to the Mainstream (2000)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/cas_mudde/64/