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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... evidence used covers almost forty countries , facilitating a broader perspective than ever seen before . Pippa Norris is the McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government , Harvard University . Her ...
... evidence used covers almost forty countries , facilitating a broader perspective than ever seen before . Pippa Norris is the McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government , Harvard University . Her ...
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... evidence collected by collaboration among many colleagues . The study owes a large debt of gratitude to all who conducted the surveys and assembled the datasets , especially the principal investigators , as well as the funding agencies ...
... evidence collected by collaboration among many colleagues . The study owes a large debt of gratitude to all who conducted the surveys and assembled the datasets , especially the principal investigators , as well as the funding agencies ...
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... evidence derived from almost forty societies . The conclusions drawn from the study are designed to con- tribute toward informing the debate about the role of the radical right in contemporary democracies , by dismissing certain common ...
... evidence derived from almost forty societies . The conclusions drawn from the study are designed to con- tribute toward informing the debate about the role of the radical right in contemporary democracies , by dismissing certain common ...
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... some of the most popular explanations fail with just a cursory glance at the comparative evidence . Many accounts blame job insecurity and unemployment rates in each society , assuming that Understanding the Rise of the Radical Right II.
... some of the most popular explanations fail with just a cursory glance at the comparative evidence . Many accounts blame job insecurity and unemployment rates in each society , assuming that Understanding the Rise of the Radical Right II.
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... evidence presented in Chapter 6 in fact establishes little support for this popular view . Some radical right par- ties do draw heavily upon the socially disadvantaged populations among the poorest and least - educated social sectors ...
... evidence presented in Chapter 6 in fact establishes little support for this popular view . Some radical right par- ties do draw heavily upon the socially disadvantaged populations among the poorest and least - educated social sectors ...
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.