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Distrust of EU institutions, not far right, is real threat to our European future
No full textDistrust of EU institutions, not far right, is real threat to our European future By Aurelien Mondon, University of Bath It is widely predicted that far-right parties will be the big winners of the 2014 European elections. Some polls have even suggested that the French Front National, the Dutch Party for Freedom, the Austrian Freedom Party, the Danish People’s Party and the UK Independence Party could be the winning parties in their respective countries. This is hardly surprising as the rise ..
The Future of the Front National: L'effet Marine Le Pen
No full text— Professor Jim Shields delivering his presentation on the Le Pens and the Front National. A workshop titled ‘The Future of the Front National’ was hosted on 1 February 2013 where discussions were held surrounding the impact of the Front National (FN) on French politics and its future under the leadership of Marine Le Pen. Each paper presented focussed on different aspects of the issue and offered a convincing account of the state of the French extreme right. Dr Aurelien Mondon, from the Univ..
Distrust of EU institutions, not far right, is real threat to our European future
No full textDistrust of EU institutions, not far right, is real threat to our European future By Aurelien Mondon, University of Bath It is widely predicted that far-right parties will be the big winners of the 2014 European elections. Some polls have even suggested that the French Front National, the Dutch Party for Freedom, the Austrian Freedom Party, the Danish People’s Party and the UK Independence Party could be the winning parties in their respective countries. This is hardly surprising as the rise ..
The Future of the Front National: L'effet Marine Le Pen
No full text— Professor Jim Shields delivering his presentation on the Le Pens and the Front National. A workshop titled ‘The Future of the Front National’ was hosted on 1 February 2013 where discussions were held surrounding the impact of the Front National (FN) on French politics and its future under the leadership of Marine Le Pen. Each paper presented focussed on different aspects of the issue and offered a convincing account of the state of the French extreme right. Dr Aurelien Mondon, from the Univ..
Could the youth of Britain and France swing to the far right in big numbers?
No full textBy Aurelien Mondon, University of Bath and Benjamin Bowman, University of Bath Participation is commonly viewed as the cornerstone of liberal democracy. In Europe, however, the decades since the 1980s have been marked by falling participation and increased disillusionment with institutional politics. These trends are most striking among young people – those within the rough boundaries of 15 to 25 years old – an electoral demographic increasingly alienated by mainstream politics. Meanwhile, th..
The French election shows the democratic limits of the country’s presidential system
No full textThe French election shows the democratic limits of the country's presidential system Aurelien Mondon, University of Bath After the final debate between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, the race for the French presidency is nearing its end point on May 7. But the presidential election has demonstrated once again that France’s electoral system is less about democracy, and more about restraining it. The late stages of the first round campaign were incredibly open and led to real debates betwee..
The rise of the Front National is only part of the problem
No full textThe rise of the Front National is only part of the problem Aurelien Mondon 7 December 2015 The ‘shock’ is not the rise of the Front National, but the failure of the system to bring forward a positive alternative. Marine Le Pen. Demotix/Francois Pauletto. All rights reserved. As with every recent election, France woke up this morning shocked and groggy. The Front National is front page material, somewhat of a theme recently. Right-wing Le Figaro and communist L’Humanité share the same ti..
Book review: reactionary democracy: how racism and the populist far right became mainstream by Aurelien Mondon and Aaron Winter
No full textIn Reactionary Democracy: How Racism and the Populist Far Right Became Mainstream, Aurelien Mondon and Aaron Winter challenge the assumption that democracy is necessarily progressive through introducing the notion of ‘reactionary democracy’, showing how narratives that claim that the resurgence of racism, populism and the far right are the result of popular demands obscure the manipulation of the idea of ‘the people’ for reactionary ends by those in power. This is an indispensable book, writes Rahel Süß, and is a must-read for those seeking to contest prevailing ideas about the relationship between racism and liberal democracy
(Pseudo)intellectualism and democratic (il)liberalism: on Aurelien Mondon and Aaron Winter's "Reactionary democracy"
Get PDFIn “Reactionary Democracy”, Aurelien Mondon and Aaron Winter frame modern liberal democracy as fundamentally exclusionary. Appeals to liberal democratic principles that both institutionalize and normalize political inequality have not only allowed but actively facilitated the rise of the “alt-” and far-right. In the book, the authors expound the “fuzzy” demarcation between “illiberal” and “liberal” racism, the latter encompassing not only an adherence to principles of universalism, individualism, meritocracy and equality alongside a wilful denial of the effects of systemic racism in multicultural Western societies, but an instrumental support of group self-determination only when and where it serves to further liberal credentials. This review will discuss, given the arguments in the book, the limits of “mainstreaming” support for racial justice in the UK and the challenges for academics, critical theorists of race and scholar activists posed by the increasing pseudo-intellectualization of both illiberal and liberal racist narratives in academia and public discourse
Book review: reactionary democracy: how racism and the populist far right became mainstream by Aurelien Mondon and Aaron Winter
No full textIn Reactionary Democracy: How Racism and the Populist Far Right Became Mainstream, Aurelien Mondon and Aaron Winter challenge the assumption that democracy is necessarily progressive through introducing the notion of ‘reactionary democracy’, showing how narratives that claim that the resurgence of racism, populism and the far right are the result of popular demands obscure the manipulation of the idea of ‘the people’ for reactionary ends by those in power. This is an indispensable book, writes Rahel Süß, and is a must-read for those seeking to contest prevailing ideas about the relationship between racism and liberal democracy
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