This article analyses the formal and lived organisation of the Alternative für Deutschland
(AfD, Alternative for Germany). We show that the party is exceptional among what is usually …

Is the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) the exponent of a successful right-wing populist
movement in Germany? By analysing the positions, the discursive links and the …

The normalization of radical right (RR) politics fosters opportunities for RR parties, but can
also facilitate intra-party conflicts over the 'true'version of the shared party ideology. Previous …

A bstract Founded just five years ago, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) represents the
biggest opposition party in the German parliament. This article addresses three questions in …

The article seeks to contribute to the conceptual and comparative debate with its focus on
political parties by approaching the topic through the logic of collective action. Starting from …

This paper studies party-movement interactions in Germany, focusing on Die Linke and the
AfD, the two most recent additions to Germany's multi-party system. The electoral rise of both …

In the 1980s, the Populist Radical Right emerged as a new party family. Its members have a
number of core characteristics in common: they are nativist, authoritarian, and usually also …

Far-right parties typically establish themselves first at the regional and only then at the
national level, just like in the case of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) during the fourth …

This chapter argues that the Alternative for Germany (AfD) is a typical radical right-wing
populist party, which promotes an emphatically nativist discourse and examines the …

In Continental Europe a New Debate Has Emerged Over the interpretation of the major
changes that have taken place in political parties during the 1990s. A 'fourth wave'of …