This course aims to analyze the rise of the radical right in Europe since the 1980s. Without ignoring the significance of historically shaped contextual factors, fundamental reasons for the ascendancy of the radical right in Europe will be examined. In order to provide a detailed analysis of `anti-politics' of the radical right, main elements of radical right political parties from organization to discourse will be identified. In doing this, responses from national governments, mainstream right and left wing political actors and European institutions will also be covered.