The True Finns Identity Politics and Populist Leadership on the Threshold of the Party’s Electoral Triumph

Niemi, Mari K.

doi:10.1080/13183222.2013.11009121

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“…These parties voice their nationalist rhetoric in conjunction with xenophobic anti-immigration sentiment (Gallagher, Laver, & Mair, 2011;Hlousek & Kopecek, 2010;Kitschelt, 2007). The above policy positions all apply to the Finns Party (Jungar & Jupskås, 2014;Niemi, 2013). In terms of socioeconomic policy, the Finns Party, like other populist radical right parties, is difficult to place (Jungar & Jupskås, 2014).…”

Section: The Finnish Electoral System and The Political Scene In Finlmentioning

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“…Employing both longitudinal and cross-sectional data collected by the Voting Advice Application (VAA) of the Finnish National Broadcast Company (Yle), we assessed the attitudes of candidates in the Finnish municipal elections in 2012 and again in 2017. In our pre-registered hypotheses, we expected candidates of the populist radical-right Finns Party and their adversary, the pro-refugee Green League, which came to constitute the 'other' against which the Finns Party defined themselves (Niemi, 2013;Sakki & Pettersson, 2016), to become even more polarized, both due to radicalization of old candidates and recruitment of more extreme candidates.…”

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Polarization in the wake of the European refugee crisis – a longitudinal study of the Finnish political elite’s attitudes towards refugees and the environment

Lönnqvist¹,

Ilmarinen²,

Sortheix³

2019

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We investigated political polarization among the 28284 candidates in the Finnish municipal election who ran for municipal council in 2012, 2017, or both, and had responded to a Voting Advice Application. Our results revealed political polarization in terms of both conversion (longitudinal analysis, n = 6643) and recruitment (cross-sectional comparison of first-time candidates, n = 13054). The populist radical-right Finns Party became even more anti-refugee, and the pro-refugee Green League became even more pro-refugee. The Finns Party, in particular, has constructed the Green League as their enemies, which could explain why the Finns Party moved in an antienvironmental direction, as well as the increased issue-alignment between refugee-attitudes and environmental attitudes. We also observed increased within-party homogeneity in almost all parties.We discuss these many indicators of increased polarization of the Finnish political elite in terms of social identity theory and the 2015 European so called refugee crisis. Polarization in the wake of the European refugee crisisa longitudinal study of the Finnish political elite's attitudes towards refugees and the environment

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Polarization in the wake of the European refugee crisis – a longitudinal study of the Finnish political elite’s attitudes towards refugees and the environment

Lönnqvist¹,

Ilmarinen²,

Sortheix³

2019

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“…Its use often compromised by what Brants (2004, p 126) describes as "conceptual vagueness", populism is most recognisable in its root commitment to a virtuous "people" in preference to those within the political, economic and bureaucratic cadres of the elite (Canovan, 1981). Usually although not exclusively associated with charismatic political actors such as Berlusconi in Italy and Trump in the USA, the contemporary iteration of populism has spread across Europe (Niemi, 2013), the United States (Guardino and Snyder, 2012) and Southeast Asian (Chakravartty and Roy, 2015). Even prior to the social media platforms we discuss later, Mudde (2014) talked of the emergence of a "populist zeitgeist" across political cultures.…”

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Mediated populism, culture and media form

Higgins

2017

Palgrave Commun

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This comment seeks to identify some key concerns in the study of mediated populism. The paper highlights the relationship between populism and political conditions, noting that the weak party structures and non-conventional party-media relations that characterise populist actors applies across the political left and right, who engage strategically according to media conditions. In setting out the terms in which mediated populism operates, the paper stresses the turn to emotionality in media, with a particular prominence on the expression of aggressiveness. It links with the rise of participatory media, with an attendant shift in the style and form of language to characterise political discussion and influences on legitimate political speech. The paper then looks at the use of "fake news" as a means of positioning media within the discredited elite, warranting the easy dismissal of hostile content. While showing how the political and media environment provides fertile grounds for populism, and the extent to which populism is encouraged by media affordances, the article concludes by recommending the purposeful cultivation by media of alternative and proactive forms of inclusion and emotional engagement.

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“…However, research that uses material found in the media when focusing on Nordic populist movements often considers their use of "neo-populist" right-wing extremist, racist, xenophobic and anti-immigration rhetoric (e.g. Rydgren 2004;Hellström and Nilsson 2010;Horsti and Nikunen 2012;Niemi 2013). …”

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The Life Cycle Model and Press Coverage of Nordic Populist Parties

Herkman

2015

Journalism Studies

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The True Finns Identity Politics and Populist Leadership on the Threshold of the Party’s Electoral Triumph

Cited by 20 publications

References 6 publications

Polarization in the wake of the European refugee crisis – a longitudinal study of the Finnish political elite’s attitudes towards refugees and the environment

Polarization in the wake of the European refugee crisis – a longitudinal study of the Finnish political elite’s attitudes towards refugees and the environment

Mediated populism, culture and media form

The Life Cycle Model and Press Coverage of Nordic Populist Parties

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