2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9248.2012.00947.x
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New Alliances: Why Mainstream Parties Govern with Radical Right-Wing Populist Parties

Abstract: This article investigates the recent government participation of a number of radical right‐wing populist parties in West European democracies. With the help of coalition formation theories the government coalitions in which these parties have participated are characterised and inferences are made about the reasons for the cooperation between mainstream right and radical right‐wing populist parties. The accuracy of these inferences is then examined in more detail by analysing the changing electoral fortunes and… Show more

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“…Reports only PRRPs that have attained informal or formal representation at national government level prior to 2010. While most of these cases have also been included in previous studies on the policy impact of PRRPs (De Lange, 2012;Rovny, 2013), the Syse (Norway), and Bildt (Sweden) governments might call for further explanation, as there were no official coalition agreements between the PRRPs and the government parties. Concerning Syse, Narud (1995: 10-11) explains that the centre-right coalition parties were 'dependent on the support of the Progress Party' and that the good experiences with this support paved the way for the Progress Party's inclusion in later governments.…”
Section: Research Design Method and Datamentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Reports only PRRPs that have attained informal or formal representation at national government level prior to 2010. While most of these cases have also been included in previous studies on the policy impact of PRRPs (De Lange, 2012;Rovny, 2013), the Syse (Norway), and Bildt (Sweden) governments might call for further explanation, as there were no official coalition agreements between the PRRPs and the government parties. Concerning Syse, Narud (1995: 10-11) explains that the centre-right coalition parties were 'dependent on the support of the Progress Party' and that the good experiences with this support paved the way for the Progress Party's inclusion in later governments.…”
Section: Research Design Method and Datamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…At first ostracized by other parties, they are now represented in the parliaments of most Western European countries, have taken part in government in a number of them, and therefore influence policymaking. Accordingly, scholarly attention has slowly started to move its focus from explaining their electoral fortunes to analysing their impact on public policies (Akkerman and De Lange, 2012;De Lange, 2012).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As of 2013, their share of parliamentary seats had peaked at 27.8% in Austria 2 ( ), 30.1% in Switzerland (2007 and 16% in the Netherlands (2010). While they were first ostracised by other parties, PRWPs have progressively acquired a more respectable status, and have either taken part directly in government as coalition partners, or have struck agreements to provide support to minority governments (De Lange, 2012).…”
Section: Office Votes and Policy: The Dilemma Of Populist Right-wingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Kriesi et al (2008: 19) consider these parties championing immigration control, tough law and order policies and a critique of the political establishment as the driving force behind the current transformation of West European party systems. In countries such as Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands or Norway, PRWPs are no longer a protest force only, but have become pivotal players in the building of parliamentary majorities (De Lange, 2012). While a now substantial body of literature has delved into the ideology of these parties (Mudde, 2007), the factors influencing their success (Bornschier, 2010), their electorate (Ivarsflaten, 2005;Oesch, 2008) and their impact on other parties (Bale, 2003;Van Spanje, 2010), few studies have sought to assess their influence on policymaking, and more specifically on welfare state reforms.…”
Section: Populist Right-wing Parties and The Welfare Statementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Even when the National Front (in the 1970s) and the British National Party (in the 2000s) experienced short-lived successes, the threat they presented never came close to that posed by populist radical right parties (PRRPs) in continental Europe (Goodwin, 2007). There, since the 1990s, the success of PRRPs' anti-system, anti-elite and anti-immigration appeals have put mainstream actors in a number of countries under significant, even existential pressure (Kitschelt and McGann, 1997;Eatwell, 2000;Downs, 2001;Bale, 2003 andCarter, 2005;van Spanje and van der Brug, 2007;Meguid, 2008;van Spanje, 2010;Akkerman, 2012;de Lange, 2012;Mudde, 2013). In many continental European democracies this has led to responses ranging from the use of similar (if sometimes slightly diluted) rhetoric to the radical right, through the adoption of its policies, right up to its co-option into coalition government.…”
Section: Conservatives Ukip and Some Lessons From The Heartlandmentioning
confidence: 99%