This book examines the growing trend towards far and extreme right populism that has emerged prominently in Northern (Finland), Western (Austria, Denmark, France, the UK), Southern (Greece, Italy) and Central/Eastern Europe (Slovenia, Bulgaria) since the 1990s.

1. Introduction: the concept and its definitions

2. Populism in historical perspectives

3. The neo-fascist and neo-nazi constellations

4. Populist Othering and Islamophobia

5. Networks and alliances against the Islamisation of Europe: the case of the Counter Jihad Movement

6. Exclusive intersections: Constructions of gender and sexuality 7. Men's parties with women leaders: A comparative study of the rightwing populist leaders Pia Kjærsgaard, Marine Le Pen and Siv Jensen 8. De/ReConstructing Far-Right Youth: Between the Lost Generation and Contestatory Citizenship

9. Democracy, post-democracy and the populist challenge

Gabriella Lazaridis is Senior Lecturer at the University of Leicester, UK.

Giovanna Campani is Full Professor of Intercultural Education, Gender Anthropology and Intercultural Communication at UNIFI in Florence, Italy.