The Rise of Nationalist Populism: Comparing Western European Right-Wing Political Parties (Routledge Studies in Nationalism and Ethnicity)

The Rise of Nationalist Populism explores the intersection between populism and nationalism, conducted through the discursive analysis of three Populist Radical Right parties that have gained prominence during the 2010s: Rassemblement National (France), Lega (Italy) and Vox (Spain). Due to its rise in Europe, the United States, and further afield, there is a growing interest in right-wing populism, an exclusionary and illiberal form of populism that has been able to attain success in several countries.This book contributes to the analysis of how populism, understood as a way of constructing the political, is shaped by the ideologies that permeate it.It examines how a certain form of nationalism is shaped by populist dynamics, that is by a certain form of identity-building.The book analyses the intersection between nationalism and populism in right-wing populist parties by using a discourse analysis methodology based on Ernesto Laclau’s works, thus conducting an examination similar to t