Teun Pauwels works at the Flemish Ministry of Education and Training and is scientific collaborator at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.

This book develops our understanding of the breeding ground of populist parties through an investigation of which socio-demographic characteristics and attitudes in general contribute to populist voting at the individual level.

1. Introduction 2. Defining populism 3. Measuring populism 4. Theories explaining populist voting 5. At your service! Lijst Pim Fortuyn in The Netherlands 6. Common sense. Lijst Dedecker in Belgium 7. Own people first! The Vlaams Belang in Belgium 8. Defending Henk & Ingrid from Islamification. The PVV in The Netherlands 9. Vote against, vote SP! The Socialistische Partij in The Netherlands 10. Wahltag ist protesttag! The PDS/Die Linke in Germany 11. Comparative perspectives