Radical Right: Voters and Parties in the Electoral MarketCambridge University Press, 2005 M08 22 - 349 pages During recent decades, radical right parties have been surging in popularity in many nations, gaining legislative seats, enjoying the legitimacy endowed by ministerial office, and striding the corridors of government power. The popularity of leaders such as Le Pen, Haider, and Fortuyn has aroused widespread popular concern and a burgeoning scholarly literature. Despite the interest, little consensus has emerged about the primary factors driving this phenomenon. The puzzle is to explain why radical right parties have advanced in a diverse array of democracies - including in Austria, Canada, Norway, France, Italy, New Zealand, Switzerland, Israel, Romania, Russia, and Chile - while failing to make comparable gains in similar societies elsewhere, such as in Sweden, Britain, and the United States. This book, first published in 2005, expands our understanding of support for radical right parties through presenting an integrated new theory which is then tested systematically using a wealth of cross-national survey evidence covering almost forty countries. |
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... Italy , New Zealand , Switzerland , Israel , Romania , Russia , and Chile - while fail- ing to make comparable gains in similar societies elsewhere , such as Sweden , Britain , and the United States . This book expands our understanding ...
... Italy , New Zealand , Switzerland , Israel , Romania , Russia , and Chile - while fail- ing to make comparable gains in similar societies elsewhere , such as Sweden , Britain , and the United States . This book expands our understanding ...
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... , Austria , the Netherlands , New Zealand , and Italy - while failing to advance in comparable nations such as Sweden , Britain , and the United States . Their rise has occurred in both 3 Understanding the Rise of the Radical Right.
... , Austria , the Netherlands , New Zealand , and Italy - while failing to advance in comparable nations such as Sweden , Britain , and the United States . Their rise has occurred in both 3 Understanding the Rise of the Radical Right.
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... Italy , the government was returned to power in May 2001 , resting on the sup- port of the xenophobic Lega Nord ( LN ) , led by Umberto Bossi , and the Alleanza Nazionale ( AN ) , led by Gianfranco Fini ( with roots in the fascist MSI ) ...
... Italy , the government was returned to power in May 2001 , resting on the sup- port of the xenophobic Lega Nord ( LN ) , led by Umberto Bossi , and the Alleanza Nazionale ( AN ) , led by Gianfranco Fini ( with roots in the fascist MSI ) ...
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... Italian MSI / AN , Austrian FPÖ , Swiss SVP , Danish FP / DF , Norwegian FrP , Belgian VB , and French FN . All these parties are defined as ' relevant ' as they have achieved over 3 % of the vote in one or more national parliamen- tary ...
... Italian MSI / AN , Austrian FPÖ , Swiss SVP , Danish FP / DF , Norwegian FrP , Belgian VB , and French FN . All these parties are defined as ' relevant ' as they have achieved over 3 % of the vote in one or more national parliamen- tary ...
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... Italian MSI / AN , Austrian FPÖ , Swiss SVP , Danish FP / DF , Norwegian FrP , Belgian VB , French FN . All these parties can be defined as ' relevant ' ; i.e. , they have achieved over 3 % of the vote in one or more national ...
... Italian MSI / AN , Austrian FPÖ , Swiss SVP , Danish FP / DF , Norwegian FrP , Belgian VB , French FN . All these parties can be defined as ' relevant ' ; i.e. , they have achieved over 3 % of the vote in one or more national ...
Contents
Classifying the Radical Right | 35 |
Tables | 40 |
Comparing Parties | 52 |
Ballot Access and Campaign Finance | 83 |
Electoral Systems | 105 |
The Social Basis | 129 |
The Politics of Resentment | 149 |
Immigration Multiculturalism | 166 |
Party Competition | 191 |
Consolidating Party Organizations | 217 |
Assessing the Rise of the Radical Right and | 253 |
Notes | 273 |
Select Bibliography | 315 |
Index | 339 |
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Page 92 - The political parties shall participate in the forming of the political will of the people. They may be freely formed. Their internal organization must conform to democratic principles. They must publicly account for the sources of their funds.
Page 92 - Parties which, by reason of their aims or the behavior of their adherents, seek to impair or destroy the free democratic basic order or to endanger the existence of the Federal Republic of Germany shall be unconstitutional.
Page 281 - Whatever index of change is used - a measure of trends or any of several measures of fluctuations - the picture is the same: the electoral strength of most parties in Western nations since the war had changed very little from election to election, from decade to decade, or within the lifespan of a generation.