Airo Hino is Associate Professor atWaseda University in Tokyo, Japan.

This book provides a systematic and comparative account of the rise of 'new challenger parties' across Western Europe. It analyses how parties that challenge the conventional party system by addressing issues neglected by existing parties can succeed and fail.

1. Introduction 2. New Challenger Parties I: New Politics Parties 3. New Challenger Parties II: Extreme Right Parties 4. Electoral Performance 5. Institutional Settings 6. Socio-Economic and Political Conditions for New Politics Parties 7. Electoral Fortunes of New Politics Parties 8. Socio-Economic and Political Conditions for Extreme Right Parties 9. Electoral Fortunes of Extreme Right Parties 10. Conclusion