German legal, social, and political studies

:This article reveals the ways in which five populist parties in Europe (AfD in Germany, FN in France, PVV in the Netherlands, M5S in Italy, and Golden Dawn in Greece) employ the fear of Islam as a political instrument to mobilize their supporters and to mainstream themselves. The study is conducted through a discours…

• AYHAN KAYA

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How can populist competitive authoritarian regimes be defeated through elections? In this article, we focus on the 2019 municipal campaign strategy of the opposition Istanbul candidate Ekrem İmamoglu as a case study of a successful challenge to a populist competitive authoritarian regime. We argue that such regimes ma…

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After World War II, radical right parties in Europe experienced a decline, but over the last three decades, they have regained strength, becoming significant players in European politics. Since the early twenty-first century, they have secured representation at various levels, from local governments to national parlia…

• MURAT AKTAŞ

In this article, the term “radicalisation” is discussed as a process that appears to be a defensive and reactionary response of various individuals suffering from social, economic, and political forms of exclusion, subordination, alienation, humiliation, and isolation. To that effect, the article challenges the mainst…

For some years now, there has been a discussion about a new anti-Semitism. The focus of these debates is increasingly on immigrants, but above all on Muslims, and thus there is now talk about an Islamized anti-Semitism. These discussions quickly became a political issue. Right-wing extremist actors such as the Alterna…

Zusammenfassung Zunehmend machen rechtspopulistische und rechtsextreme Akteur:innen in Deutschland und Europa „den Islam“ oder „die Muslime“ für das Entstehen gesellschaftlicher Konflikte verantwortlich. Diese Entwicklung begann spätestens mit dem 11. September 2001 und wurde durch die Fluchtbewegungen nach Europa 201…

Abstract In Europe, the rise of populism is coupled with the rise of Islamophobia, vividly evident with exponential increases in votes for anti-Islam political parties in national elections. These parties portray Islam and Muslims as threats and maintain a position that Islam (as a religion and culture) is a threateni…

• KENAN AYDIN
• LAÇİN İDİL ÖZTIĞ

Die Präsenz des Islams in Europa ist mit widersprüchlichen Dynamiken verbunden. Während sich Institutionen nach und nach auf muslimische Belange einstellen, und Muslim:innen diese Institutionen für sich in Anspruch nehmen, verstärken sich islamistische und anti-muslimische Radikalisierungstendenzen gegenseitig. Dieser…

This article focuses on the ‘Europe’ of populist radical right parties in general, and the Lega of Matteo Salvini and its perception of Europe in particular. Especially after Brexit, Salvini has emphasized the goal of transforming Europe and taking back Italian sovereignty rather than leaving the EU. His discourse on…

• SELCEN ÖNER

Zusammenfassung Dieser Beitrag untersucht muslimfeindliche und islamistische Co-Radikalisierungsprozesse in Deutschland. Eine Auswertung der Leipziger Autoritarismus-Studie und einer Befragung unter Muslim*innen zeigt, dass zwischen einer gesteigerten Salienz der Eigengruppenzugehörigkeit und der Formation von antagon…