Overview

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of how the parties of Lega and Rassemblement National have adjusted their ideologies over a four-decade period to adapt to the new transnational cleavage in Western Europe – the conflict between pro-EU and anti-EU sentiments. It sheds light on their ability to change ideological positions, policy stances, and adopt strategic shifts in response to the evolving political landscape. Drawing from a rich array of sources, the book challenges the perception of established radical right parties as inflexible, revealing their significant ideological adaptability. As such, it offers a richer understanding of the dynamics within the radical right party family. This book is of key interest to scholars and students of Euroscepticism, the Radical Right, party politics, and more broadly to European and comparative politics.

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“Alessio Scopelliti’s book makes an excellent contribution to the study of political institutions and Euroscepticism. It does this by engaging with two scholarly debates in the literature: the ideological flexibility of political parties; and the multidimensional nature of the new transnational cleavage. The work is theoretically rich, building on rigorous and convincing research design, analytical framework and methodological approach, challenging the view that parties are fixed in their political ideologies. The theory is clearly situated and explained in the context of the traditional literature on political cleavages. The book is also empirically strong in those chapters where he tests out his theoretical argument on two comparative cases of established Radical Right Parties in Europe, the Lega (in Italy) and the Rassemblement National (in France). This book will be of interest to scholars and students interested in European integration, political parties, and the Radical Right in Europe.” Michelle Cini, University of Bristol, UK “Based on an in-depth comparison of Lega and Rassemblement National, Scopelliti’s study provides new and timely insights into the ideological flexibility of established radical right parties. This book advances our knowledge of the ideologies and strategies of this party family. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the political trajectories of the radical right.” Sofia Vasilopoulou, King’s College London, UK

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Alessio Scopelliti is Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy.

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