2019
DOI: 10.20413/rascee.2019.12.1.39-62
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Islamophobic Right-Wing Populism? Empirical Insights about Citizens’ Susceptibility to Islamophobia and Its Impact on Right-Wing Populists’ Electoral Success: Eastern Europe in a Comparative Perspective

Abstract: Understanding the electoral success of right-wing populist parties has sparked the interest of many scholars. One factor receiving less attention in these debates is the role of religious affiliation as a cultural marker of allegedly dangerous out-groups. Right-wing populists often portray themselves as defenders of a Christian Occident that is allegedly under threat by an invasion of Muslims. We argue, in accordance with the culturalbacklash thesis, that the mobilization of right-wing populists would not have… Show more

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“…The rejection of Muslims is proving to be a key element in the electoral success of right -wing populists. The relationships have already been documented elsewhere (Öztürk -Pickel 2019(Öztürk -Pickel , 2021. As an example, here is an analysis using the European Values Surveys and an assessment of right--wing parties (Table 1).…”
Section: Differences In Values and Political Issues Of Contentionmentioning
confidence: 95%
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“…The rejection of Muslims is proving to be a key element in the electoral success of right -wing populists. The relationships have already been documented elsewhere (Öztürk -Pickel 2019(Öztürk -Pickel , 2021. As an example, here is an analysis using the European Values Surveys and an assessment of right--wing parties (Table 1).…”
Section: Differences In Values and Political Issues Of Contentionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…What becomes clear is that in the Eastern European and Central European member states, we find clear problems with sexual and gender diversity, as well as with Muslims. Country variations arise due to the thematisation of right -wing populist political elites, a proliferation of religious norms, but also historical traditions (Öztürk -Pickel 2019). The rejection of Muslims is proving to be a key element in the electoral success of right -wing populists.…”
Section: Differences In Values and Political Issues Of Contentionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Pickel dan Öztürk memberikan bukti bahwa ancaman yang muncul dari nilai keagamaan berdampak pada pilihan untuk menghindari tindakan tersebut. 24 Hal yang sama ditunjukkan oleh Matthes et al yang menunjukkan keseriusan yang dirasakan seseorang yang mengancam nilai keagamaan tertentu berdampak pada tindakan penolakan terhadap tindakan-tindakan tersebut. 25 Keseriusan dan kerentanan yang dirasakan menjadi ancaman yang mendorong seseorang untuk menghindarinya.…”
Section: Keyakinan Terhadap Ancaman Pelanggaran Nilai-nilai Agamaunclassified