Political Entrepreneurship in the Age of Dealignment: The Populist Far-Right Alternative for Germany

by Jonathan Olsen and Michael A. Hansen

This book traces the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) from its inception in 2013 to its re-election to the Bundestag in 2021, emphasising the party's nature as a "populist issue entrepreneur" and covering the three major crises that have shaken European party politics - the Eurozone crisis, the so-called refugee crisis and the COVID pandemic. Currently, books on the AfD are largely limited to historical accounts and surface-level...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031508890
• ISBN13: 9783031508899
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 209 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"