%0 Journal Article %T Examining the Social Basis of the Far-right Parties in Europe %J Journal of World Sociopolitical Studies %I University of Tehran %Z 2588-3119 %A Mohammadi, Mohammad Javad %A Nourbakhsh, Seyed Nader %D 2017 %\ 07/01/2017 %V 1 %N 1 %P 139-174 %! Examining the Social Basis of the Far-right Parties in Europe %K Elections %K Europe %K far-right parties %K Immigration %K neo- fascism %R 10.22059/wsps.2017.62283 %X Far-right parties have been increasingly spreading throughout Europe since 1980s; they have attracted the attention of many voters, especially the youth and the workers by campaigning against immigration and multiculturalism. Through an anti-establishment approach, these parties have become mainly mistrustful of the mainstream politics articulating themselves as the true voice of the people and the only alternative to the status quo; the far-right parties have been able to distance themselve from traditional fascism and adopt a populist approach and have become a rising forcein many European countries. The current paper aims to explore the status of far-right parties in European countries; it studies both the electoral victory of this movement and its consequences, and compares the condition of these parties across the European countries. Finally, the social status of far-right parties will be examined together with demographic variables of age, gender, social class and education.  %U https://wsps.ut.ac.ir/article_62283_f8a6ecbd4d4c4e51d53485a2e3b5c7d0.pdf