Description: Europe as Ideological Resource argues that European integration functioned as an ideological resource for far right parties looking for legitimation because it enabled them to refashion their political message in a more acceptable form, while maintaining the allegiance of their existing supporters.
Review Quotes: "Taking a longer historical perspective, Marta Lorimer's book similarly offers a nuanced perspective on how far-right political actors speak about, and position themselves on, the issue of European integration. The book offers an in-depth investigation of the French Front National (FN), later National Rally (RN), and the Italian Social Movement (MSI), that later morphed into the National Alliance (AN)." -- AltmetricListenReview ArticlePopulism, the far right and EU integration: beyond simple dichotomiesStijn van Kessel, Journal of European Integration