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In the early 1980s right wing populist parties and movements began to stage a comeback throughout a growing number of democratically based countries. Appealing to public anxieties in the wake of rapid economic change, these movements succeeded in mobilizing and exploiting popular resentments against immigrants, minorities and the political establishment. As a result, the radical populist Right has become a severe and potentially destabilizing threat to the democratic system. In this text, an array of scholars analyzes the upsurge of right wing populist organizations in four different regions of the world: Western Europe, North America, South Asia, and Australia/New Zealand. Each chapter provides a brief history of right wing activity in that given country, an examination of the right wing programme, a discussion of its support, and an account of its impact on the established political parties. The authors then offer predictions of what to expect in the future, given continued upheavals in the global economy.