The Upsurge of Right-Wing Populism in Germany

Schwanholz, Julia; Lewandowsky, Marcel; Leonhardt, Christoph; Blätte, Andreas

doi:10.4324/9780429324864-14

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“…These parliamentary opportunity structures are mostly dismissed in previous studies on the PRRPs' direct and indirect impact (e.g., Schain, 2006;Carvalho, 2014). In Germany, for example, with the parliamentary privileges already mentioned, parties can not only influence parliamentary debates (Atzpodien, 2020;Schwanholz et al, 2020) but also develop a professional organization to mobilize outside parliament (Heinze and Weisskircher, 2021). In addition, every parliamentary party enjoys a certain degree of media attention (De Jonge, 2021).…”

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“…It analyzes how mainstream parties respond to PRRPs in the key institution of liberal democracies: parliaments. In research on responses to PRRPs, the parliamentary arena is often neglected (Rensmann, 2018;Atzpodien, 2020;Schwanholz et al, 2020). Moreover, such studies only rarely recognize the importance of subnational politics (Loxbo, 2010;Backlund, 2020;Paxton and Peace, 2021).…”

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Dealing with the populist radical right in parliament: mainstream party responses toward the Alternative for Germany

Heinze

2022

Eur. Pol. Sci. Rev.

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In recent years, populist radical right parties (PRRPs) have continued to establish themselves in parliaments across Europe. However, there is little research on party responses in parliaments. This article explores how mainstream parties have dealt with the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in state parliaments. Its contribution is twofold: theoretically, it links the existing literature on party responses to the parliamentary arena and proposes a comprehensive framework for analyzing party responses in parliament, distinguishing between the formal and the policy level. Moreover, it tries to understand the variation of responses by emphasizing three important factors: party ideology, the government–opposition divide, and the federal structure of parties. Empirically, the article explores the crucial variation of response patterns toward the AfD at the subnational level, which is often neglected in the study of PRRPs. The results show that party responses reflect an ongoing learning process with no ‘magic formula’ in sight. Overall, the article underlines the importance of party responses in the initial phase for the PRRPs’ impact and offers substantial theoretical and empirical impetus for future research.

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