Evil or the ‘Engine of Democracy’?Populism and Party Competition in Austria

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ID23716638
AuthorsWolfgang C Müller (0000-0001-9085-9465, Institut polytechnique de Grenoble, corresponding author)
Year2002
Pages155-175
Publication date2002-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueDemocracies and the Populist Challenge (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/9781403920072_9
OpenAlexW2463233674
ISBN9781403920072
LanguageEN
Citations received15

The international attention received by Austria in recent years has mainly been due to the spectacular rise of the Freedom Party (FPÖ), which began in 1986, when Jörg Haider was elected party leader. 1 A party which had virtually been written off in the early 1980s, it became the second strongest party in terms of votes in 1999 (having won 415 votes more than the People’s Party, ÖVP). In terms of seats won, it is now on equal terms with the ÖVP, and even ‘within striking distance’ of the Social Democrats (SPÖ) (Table 9.1). These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

Competition (biology) · Democracy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Single non-transferable vote · Social democracy · Sociology · Central European national history · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements

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