Universität Wien

210148 SE G1/G4: Rechtsextremistische Parteien (2008W)

Western European Right-Wing Radical Parties

8.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

Achtung! Unterrichssprache ist ENGLISCH!

Vorbesprechung Fr. 24.10. um 11:30 Fachtutoriumsraum (A221) NIG 2. Stock
1. Blocktermin
Fr. 12.12. von 12:15 bis 21:30
Sa. 13.12. von 9:45 bis 16:30
2. Blocktermin
Fr. 16.1. von 9:45 bis 18:30
Sa. 17.1. von 9:45 bis 16:30

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 30 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 24.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Fachtutoriumsraum (A221), NIG 2. Stock
  • Friday 12.12. 12:15 - 21:30 Elise Richter-Saal Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 1
  • Saturday 13.12. 09:45 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
  • Friday 16.01. 09:45 - 18:30 Hörsaal 16 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5
  • Saturday 17.01. 09:45 - 16:30 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This seminar will ignore the 'war of words' (Mudde 1996) on western Europe's radical right- parties in favour of a more dispassionate theoretical and empirical analysis. Drawing in particular on the insights of the comparative study of political parties, it is expected that it will address the following themes:
" Competing definitions and historical comparisons
" Origins / Genesis
" Voters of the radical right
" Socio-economic explanations
" Institutional explanations
" Supply-side explanations
" Party system impact of radical right parties
" Policy impact of radical right parties
" Impact of incumbency on radical right parties themselves
" Response of established parties to radical right-wing party incumbency
" Right-wing radical parties and democracy

Organisation
" In the first session there will be an introduction to the seminar and students will be allocated specific topics.
" During the two teaching blocks (Blockveranstaltungen) of 12 & 13 December 2008 and 16 & 17 January 2009, students will undertake oral presentations using PowerPoint or overhead slides. Those presentations will then be discussed by the group.
" Three weeks prior to the teaching session at which they are to undertake their oral presentation, students must submit a first draft of their seminar paper to kurt-richard.luther@univie.ac.at. These drafts should at a minimum contain a research question; a literature review; a proposed structure and a list of relevant reading (not merely compiled from the seminar document). Students will then be told on which aspect of their seminar paper topic their oral presentation should focus.
" Electronic files containing the presentations must be submitted four days prior to the presentation. (This will probably be via the seminar's e-learning pages, but that will be determined later.)
" A seminar paper of 18-20 sides (excluding the title page and list of contents) must be submitted (to kurt-richard.luther@univie.ac.at) by one of the two following deadlines: 31 January 2009, or 31 March 2009. There will be no subsequent opportunity to submit the seminar paper.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

" Active participation in seminar discussions is required.
" One third of the seminar grade will derive from seminar participation and oral presentation, which must be undertaken in English.
" The remaining two thirds of the seminar grade will be based on the seminar paper, which must also be submitted in English.
" Anyone who is absent from more than two of the 90-minute sessions will be unable to successfully complete the seminar

Examination topics

Reading list

Betz, Hans-Georg (1994), Radical Right-Wing Populism in Western Europe, Basingstoke: Macmillan.
Ignazi, Piero (1992), 'The Silent Counter-Revolution: Hypotheses on the Emergence of Extreme Right-Wing Parties in Europe', European Journal of Political Research, 22(1): 3-34
Kitschelt, Herbert (1995 or 1997), The Radical Right in Western Europe: A Comparative Analysis, Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press.
Mudde, Cas (1996), 'The War of Words Defining the Extreme Right Party Family', West European Politics, 19(2): 225-48

Association in the course directory

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