Never a dull moment: Pim Fortuyn and the Dutch parliamentary election of 2002

Holsteyn, J.J.M. van; Irwin, Galen A.

doi:10.1080/01402380512331341101

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“…Van Praag 2002), and Fortuyn had managed to capitalize on these feelings, as shown by the high turnout and support among voters who had previously abstained. 9 Statistical analyses of voter motivation showed that fear of asylum seekers and cynicism towards the government correlated (to roughly the same degree) with the decision to vote for Fortuyn (Bélanger & Aarts 2006;Van Holsteyn & Irwin 2003). While the LPF fell apart after it entered government, Fortuyn clearly had an impact outlasting the party that carried his name.…”

Section: Resonance and Consonancementioning

confidence: 97%

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Dynamics of Power in Dutch Integration Politics : From Accommodation to Confrontation

Uitermark¹

2012

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SOLIDARITY AND IDENTITYIn the past decades several large-scale social, cultural and economic developments have occurred. Processes of economic restructuring (de-industrialization) have brought into existence new categories of unemployed people; the process of individualization is manifested in increased individual independence, a growing sense of personal rights, and -possibly -in a growing opposition between self-interest and civil virtues; the increased world-wide mobility of people, commodities, services, money and information -globalization -has far-reaching consequences for the way individual citizens are living and experiencing their lives. Contemporary society is characterized by cultural and ethnic diversity. People's social and cultural identities have become more varied. What are the consequences of these developments for the way people form social bonds and experience mutual solidarity in our society? Is there any empirical support for the widespread idea that social solidarity is declining? Which social domains -care, volunteer work, living together in old city quarters, relations between family members, neighbors, friends, etcetera -are the most vulnerable for a potential decay of solidarity? What is the role of familism and within-group solidarity among immigrant communities? Which new challenges are brought about by the multicultural society in terms of new forms of cultural expression, new (group) identities, new alliances, new institutions, new forms of formal and informal support? These and similar questions are the theme of the series Solidarity and Identity.editors of the series

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Section: Resonance and Consonancementioning

confidence: 97%

“…As long as politicians had not exploited their sentiments, they had remained inactive and cynical. But once Fortuyn emerged on the scene, his appeal was instant (Van Holsteyn & Irwin 2003;Sniderman & Hagendoorn 2007). Seventeen per cent of voters supported Fortuyn post mortem.…”

Section: Resonance and Consonancementioning

confidence: 99%

Dynamics of Power in Dutch Integration Politics : From Accommodation to Confrontation

Uitermark¹

2012

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“…Dissatisfaction with politics, not with the economy, was suggested as the cause for the party's success (Van Holsteyn and Irwin, 2003). However, not only dissatisfaction was behind his support.…”

Section: The Netherlands As a Case Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

Populist radical right parties and mass polarization in the Netherlands

Silva¹

2017

Eur. Pol. Sci. Rev.

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Radical parties have been found to succeed under conditions of mass polarization. It is argued that their message resonates better with voters at the extremes of an ideological spectrum. This paper investigates if the reverse also holds, meaning that radical parties may contribute to the polarization of the public. I test this claim in the Netherlands, a country that has experienced the rise of populist radical right parties since 2002, using a synthetic control model built with a pool of comparable countries and Eurobarometer survey data. Results show that, after the rise of Pim Fortuyn and Geert Wilders, the level of polarization among the Dutch public increased more than it otherwise would have. These findings contribute to understanding the connection between elite-and mass-level polarization, and the consequences of populist radical right parties' emergence in Western Europe.

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“…This party formed a coalition with the CDA and the VVD, headed by Prime Minister Balkenende. This coalition lasted only 87 days (van Holsteyn and Irwin 2003). In the ensuing elections, the LPF lost votes and a new centre-right coalition of CDA, VVD and D66 took office in May 2003.…”

Section: Datamentioning

confidence: 99%