Reinhard Heinisch is Professor of Political Science at the University of Salzburg, Austria. He also chairs the Department of Sociology and Political Science. His major research interests are comparative populism, euroscepticism, and comparative research on political parties and democracy.Oscar Mazzoleni is Professor of Political Science at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and Director of the Research Observatory for Regional Politics. His main research topics include nationalism, regionalism, populism and political parties.

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• Introduction; Reinhard Heinisch and Oscar Mazzoleni.- 1.The Austrian Freedom Party; Reinhard Heinisch.- 2. The Vlaams Belang; Emilie van Haute and Teun Pauwels.- 3. The Swiss People’s Party; Oscar Mazzoleni and Carolina Rossini.- 4. The Lega Nord; Duncan McDonnell and Davide Vampa.- 5. The French Front National; Gilles Ivaldi and Lisa E. Lanzone.- 6. The Norwegian Progress Party; Anders Ravik Jupskås.- 7. The Sweden Democrats; Ann-Cathrine Jungar.- 8. Comparing Populist Organizations; Reinhard Heinisch and Oscar Mazzoleni

Reinhard Heinisch is Professor of Political Science at the University of Salzburg, Austria. He also chairs the Department of Sociology and Political Science. His major research interests are comparative populism, euroscepticism, and comparative research on political parties and democracy.Oscar Mazzoleni is Professor of Political Science at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and Director of the Research Observatory for Regional Politics. His main research topics include nationalism, regionalism, populism and political parties.

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• Introduction; Reinhard Heinisch and Oscar Mazzoleni.- 1.The Austrian Freedom Party; Reinhard Heinisch.- 2. The Vlaams Belang; Emilie van Haute and Teun Pauwels.- 3. The Swiss People’s Party; Oscar Mazzoleni and Carolina Rossini.- 4. The Lega Nord; Duncan McDonnell and Davide Vampa.- 5. The French Front National; Gilles Ivaldi and Lisa E. Lanzone.- 6. The Norwegian Progress Party; Anders Ravik Jupskås.- 7. The Sweden Democrats; Ann-Cathrine Jungar.- 8. Comparing Populist Organizations; Reinhard Heinisch and Oscar Mazzoleni

Reinhard Heinisch is Professor of Political Science at the University of Salzburg, Austria. He also chairs the Department of Sociology and Political Science. His major research interests are comparative populism, euroscepticism, and comparative research on political parties and democracy.Oscar Mazzoleni is Professor of Political Science at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and Director of the Research Observatory for Regional Politics. His main research topics include nationalism, regionalism, populism and political parties.

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• Introduction; Reinhard Heinisch and Oscar Mazzoleni.- 1.The Austrian Freedom Party; Reinhard Heinisch.- 2. The Vlaams Belang; Emilie van Haute and Teun Pauwels.- 3. The Swiss People’s Party; Oscar Mazzoleni and Carolina Rossini.- 4. The Lega Nord; Duncan McDonnell and Davide Vampa.- 5. The French Front National; Gilles Ivaldi and Lisa E. Lanzone.- 6. The Norwegian Progress Party; Anders Ravik Jupskås.- 7. The Sweden Democrats; Ann-Cathrine Jungar.- 8. Comparing Populist Organizations; Reinhard Heinisch and Oscar Mazzoleni