Brexit and the perils of ‘Europeanised’ migration

Dennison, James; Geddes, Andrew

doi:10.1080/13501763.2018.1467953

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“…They offer the examples of tax protests in Norway and Denmark, agrarian interests in the Switzerland and Finland, and regional empowerment in the Flanders and northern Italy. Similarly, Dennison and Geddes (2018b) show how the issue of Europe and then the issue of immigration lead to the rise of UKIP and ultimately Brexit, with a similar dynamic involving anti-Euro membership legitimising the entry of the AfD in Germany. Related to this is the notion of 'host' ideologies used by populist parties (Mudde and Rovira Kaltwasser, 2017).…”

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confidence: 98%

When Do Populist Radical Right Parties Succeed? Salience, Stigma, and the Case of the End of Iberian ‘Exceptionalism’

Dennison

Mendes

2019

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This study offers an explanatory model for variation in electoral results for 'populist radical right' parties in Europe over time and across countries. We build on and fuse previous explanations to offer a theoretical model that combines supply-and demand-side explanations. We argue that such parties succeed when they are able to avoid the stigma of extremism by initially catering to an unsatiated demand of right-wing voters on a 'less controversial', highly salient issue. With their relatively minor place in the party system confirmed and equipped with a 'reputation shield' that extremist parties do not enjoy, they are able to refocus on more controversial, other highly salient issues, typically immigration, potentially leading to greater potential mobilisation. We use the case of the Spanish party Vox, as well as the erstwhile, anomalous lack of success for similar parties across Portugal and Spain, to test our framework. We show that both the historic lack of populist radical right party success across Iberia, the relative greater success in the rest of western Europe and the recent rise of Vox can be explained neatly by this framework of salience, stigma and supply.

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Section: On Issue Salience and Social Stigmamentioning

confidence: 98%

When Do Populist Radical Right Parties Succeed? Salience, Stigma, and the Case of the End of Iberian ‘Exceptionalism’

Dennison

Mendes

2019

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“…Leavers emphasized national self-determination while sidestepping economics by promising increased funding for the National Health Service and trade with Commonwealth countries (Gamble 2018(Gamble : 1216. The decisive issue was immigration, and this became joined at the hip with opposition to EU membership (Dennison andGeddes 2018: 1145;Hobolt 2016Hobolt : 1271Hooghe and Marks 2018a: 109). Opinion research since the referendum finds hardening polarization on the Remain/Leave divide (Hobolt et al 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

Grand theories of European integration in the twenty-first century

Hooghe

Marks

2019

Journal of European Public Policy

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This paper sets the scene for a JEPP special issue entitled 'Re-engaging Grand Theory: European Integration in the Twenty-first Century.' The special issue engages three theoriesneofunctionalism, intergovernmentalism, and postfunctionalismthat have their intellectual roots squarely in the study of European integration. The purpose of this article is to describe the genesis of each school and outline what is distinctive about its approach in relation to four landmark events of the past decade: the Eurocrisis, the migration crisis, Brexit, and illiberalism.

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“…For these reasons the chances of a special deal for the City are slim. Dennison and Geddes (2018) address the questions of how the debate on 'immigration' influenced Brexit and what are the likely parameters for a postBrexit regime covering EU citizens and migrants from non-EU member states. They provide a post-functionalist account of migration governance in the context of Brexit, discussing three main components: first, the politicisation of immigration marked by increased issue salience; second, the importance of public opinion preferences rather than those of concentrated interests, such as the business community; and, third, identity-related concerns.…”

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confidence: 99%