Studies the new West European parties of the radical populist right, arguing that, in distancing themselves from the reactionary politics of the traditional extremist right, these parties have become a significant challenge to the established structure and politics of West European democracy today.

Social change and multicultural society in Western Europe; against diversity - new right ideology in the new Europe; individualism and xenophobia - radical right-wing populism in a comparative perspective; the social basis of radical right-wing populism; political conflict in the postmodern age.