Explaining the strange decline of the populist radical right Vlaams Belang in Belgium: The impact of permanent opposition

Pauwels, Teun

doi:10.1057/ap.2010.17

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“…It is however not clear whether it is an effective strategy if the purpose is to undermine electoral support. Results on the effects of exclusion on electoral outcomes of PRR parties are mixed ( Pauwels, 2011b ; Van Spanje and Van der Brug, 2009 ).…”

Section: The External Supply-side: Political Constraints and Opportunmentioning

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Causes and consequences of the rise of populist radical right parties and movements in Europe

Muis¹,

Immerzeel²

2017

Current Sociology

187

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This article reviews three strands in the scholarship on the populist radical right (PRR). It covers both political parties and extra-parliamentary mobilization in contemporary European democracies. After definitional issues and case selection, the authors first discuss demand-side approaches to the fortunes of the PRR. Subsequently, supply-side approaches are assessed, namely political opportunity explanations and internal supply-side factors, referring to leadership, organization and ideological positioning. Third, research on the consequences of the emergence and rise of these parties and movements is examined: do they constitute a corrective or a threat to democracy? The authors discuss the growing literature on the impact on established parties’ policies, the policies themselves, and citizens’ behaviour. The review concludes with future directions for theorizing and research.

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Section: The External Supply-side: Political Constraints and Opportunmentioning

confidence: 99%

Causes and consequences of the rise of populist radical right parties and movements in Europe

Muis¹,

Immerzeel²

2017

Current Sociology

187

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“…When a populist party's representation in parliament becomes so substantial that it reaches 'coalition potential' (Sartori 1976: 122), the party may no longer be able to increase its support base. In some cases, populist parties are forced to stay in permanent opposition (cordon sanitaire), which might lead their supporters to consider a stable vote irrelevant in the long run (Pauwels 2011). In addition, government participation by populist parties comes with electoral risks as well.…”

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Are the Supporters of Populist Parties Loyal Voters? Dissatisfaction and Stable Voting for Populist Parties

Voogd

Dassonneville

2018

Gov. & oppos.

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Scholars of electoral behaviour regularly link political dissatisfaction to two types of behaviour: voting for populist parties and unstable voting behaviour. It is therefore not surprising that the electorates of populist parties are generally assumed to be rather volatile. In this article, we argue that this is not necessarily the case – in particular in a context of increasingly strong and viable populist parties. We make use of data from the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems project to show that voters for populist parties are neither more nor less volatile than voters for mainstream parties. Political dissatisfaction among voters for populist parties even increases the likelihood of stable voting for populist parties. The supply of populist parties further conditions the stability of the populist vote, as voters in systems with established populist parties are more likely to vote stably for populist parties. Finally, we find that in a context of strong and stable populist parties, the effect of political satisfaction on vote switching is somewhat reduced.

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“…The federal election of 1995 was overshadowed by the fear of the further expansion of the radical right Vlaams Blok, which attracted more than 10 per cent of the Flemish votes in the preceding 'Black Sunday' national election of 1991. Nevertheless, the electoral expansion of the radical right was largely contained by the cordon sanitaire (Pauwels 2011). Consequently, the Christian and Social Democrats could consolidate its governing coalition.…”

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It's All About Solidarity Stupid! How Solidarity Frames Structure the Party Political Sphere

Thijssen

Verheyen

2020

Brit. J. Polit. Sci.

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Inspired by Lipset and Rokkan, the field of political science has primarily focused on party oppositions as a derivative of historically anchored conflicts among social groups. Yet parties are not mere social mirrors; they are also active interpreters of social context. In a globalized era they deploy conflicting frames on how solidarity may be preserved, as recent work on populist welfare chauvinism shows. However, the role of party political agency in framing solidarity lacks an overarching framework. This article therefore proposes a Durkheimian model that takes the integrative pole of the conflict–integration dialectic seriously and distinguishes among group-based, compassionate, exchange-based and empathic frames. The authors test this solidarity framework in Flanders (Belgium) – a good case study due to its fragmented party system and increasing economic and cultural openness. The content analyses of party manifestos presented here suggest that a solidarity-based deductive approach to studying partisan competition is relevant because partisan differentiation along solidarity lines is growing; this evolution converges with similar inductive expert-based and issue-based findings.

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Explaining the strange decline of the populist radical right Vlaams Belang in Belgium: The impact of permanent opposition

Cited by 75 publications

References 41 publications

Causes and consequences of the rise of populist radical right parties and movements in Europe

Causes and consequences of the rise of populist radical right parties and movements in Europe

Are the Supporters of Populist Parties Loyal Voters? Dissatisfaction and Stable Voting for Populist Parties

It's All About Solidarity Stupid! How Solidarity Frames Structure the Party Political Sphere

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