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Article: Nationalisme et Populisme en Suisse: la radicalisation de la 'nouvelle' UDC.(Book Review)
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- West European Politics
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- May 1, 2004
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Nationalisme et Populisme en Suisse: la radicalisation de la 'nouvelle' UDC. By OSCAR MAZZOLENI. Lausanne: Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes/ Le savoir Suisse 9, 2003. 10.90 [euro] (paper) ISBN 2-88074-585-3.
One problem with much foreign comment on contemporary Swiss politics is that it is often dominated by discussion of the small xenophobic far right parties of the past, something which lends itself to talk of 'Alpine fascism'. Until recently, few came to terms with the real innovation in Swiss politics: the transformation of the mainstream agrarians, the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC), into the dominant right-wing force in Switzerland. This ...