From Pariah to Policy-Maker? The Radical Right in Europe, West and East: Between Margin and Mainstream

Minkenberg, Michael

doi:10.1080/14782804.2013.766473

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“…opting these positions may not be a viable electoral strategy, however, since it could further increase the support for the radical right by legitimising its policies (Arzheimer & Carter, 2006;Dahlström & Sundell, 2012;Minkenberg, 2013). We also find that the populist radical right parties are less representative of their voters in terms of their value conservative and authoritarian positions on gay rights and civil liberties.…”

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Populist Radical Right Party-Voter Policy Representation in Western Europe

Backlund

Jungar

2019

Representation

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In this study we assess policy representation by populist radical right (PRR) parties in ten West European countries. Going beyond aggregate left-right or socio-cultural (GAL-TAN) dimensions of political conflict, we study representation on policy issues related to the PRR parties' core ideological features nativism, populism, and authoritarianism. Analysing data from party expert and voter surveys, we find that the PRR parties provide largely unique policy positions that are congruent with their voters' preferences in terms of their opposition to immigration and the European Union. By contrast, the parties are less representative in terms of their value conservative and authoritarian positions on gay rights and civil liberties. The findings have relevance for our understanding of party strategy, voter behaviour, and the dimensionality of political competition.

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Section: Conclusion and Discussionmentioning

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Populist Radical Right Party-Voter Policy Representation in Western Europe

Backlund

Jungar

2019

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“…Systemic responsiveness approaches have widely debated public opinion effects, party system effects and policy effects. They differ in their conclusions, in terms of finding impacts that are more direct and salient (Minkenberg 2013;Williams 2006) or more indirect and less salient (Mudde 2013;Carvalho 2013;Schain 2006). Agent-oriented studies of party goal attainment have looked at party impact by examining the extent to which parties meet their goals.…”

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Are radical right-wing parties the black holes in party space? Implications and limitations in impact assessment of radical right-wing parties

Williams¹

2015

Ethnic and Racial Studies

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Radical right-wing parties have been a constant force in party systems of Western Europe since the late 1980s, despite cycles of development and support. Still, measurement of their impact has proven difficult. Scholars assessing the impact of radical right-wing parties in recent years have produced mixed findings in terms of whether effects tend to be direct or indirect and more or less salient. The recent book by Carvalho engages existing literature on impact assessment examining the cases of the UK, France and Italy. His findings caution against overstatement of impacts on immigration policy, suggesting that effects are contingent on party system competition and mainstream party agency. This article considers the mixed results pointing to a lack of existing tools for measuring indirect party impacts. It contends that existing theory on party impact struggles to conceptualize empty spaces in political ideology, attributing agency to moving parties and not to others that may be pushing them.

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“…When referring to the demand-side, this article looks at the attitudes of the national publics of Bulgaria, Hungary, and Slovakia, as well as the salience of the issues amongst these publics. The demand-side is interpreted as an electoral reservoir (Minkenberg 2013), in that public predispositions offer the breeding ground for PRR mobilisation (Political Capital 2010). Precisely for this reason, narrowing the analysis to the demand of PRR voters would not explain the importance of context, since PRR voters are expected to have already assimilated PRR parties' supply.…”

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Digging into the breeding ground: insights into the electoral performance of populist radical right parties in Central and Eastern Europe

Pirro

2014

East European Politics

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Populist radical right (PRR) parties have recently enjoyed significant electoral results in Central and Eastern Europe. Ataka in Bulgaria, Jobbik in Hungary, and the Slovak National Party in Slovakia frame the PRR ideology according to the idiosyncrasies of their context and directly address issues such as ethnic minorities, corruption, and the European Union. This contribution provides insights into the electoral performance of these parties by combining demand-side and supply-side elements. Ultimately, this article suggests that interactions over minority issues and corruption could help explain the electoral performance of these parties.Populist radical right (PRR) parties have recently made important electoral inroads across Europe. The performance of these parties in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has ultimately paralleled that of similar organisations in the Western side of the continent, hence prompting a better understanding of the PRR phenomenon in post-communist countries. This article specifically focuses on PRR parties in CEE and provides insights into their electoral performance.

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From Pariah to Policy-Maker? The Radical Right in Europe, West and East: Between Margin and Mainstream

Cited by 99 publications

References 37 publications

Populist Radical Right Party-Voter Policy Representation in Western Europe

Populist Radical Right Party-Voter Policy Representation in Western Europe

Are radical right-wing parties the black holes in party space? Implications and limitations in impact assessment of radical right-wing parties

Digging into the breeding ground: insights into the electoral performance of populist radical right parties in Central and Eastern Europe

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