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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... populist appeals within this environment , contributing toward sporadic electoral gains , and the condition necessary for persistent success - whether the radical right manages to build and consolidate effective party organizations ...
... populist appeals within this environment , contributing toward sporadic electoral gains , and the condition necessary for persistent success - whether the radical right manages to build and consolidate effective party organizations ...
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... populist rhetoric heightening fears of ' outsiders , ' or by proposing new legislation restrict- ing immigration , thereby raising the salience of the issue on the policy agenda . Nevertheless , demand - side approaches treat mass ...
... populist rhetoric heightening fears of ' outsiders , ' or by proposing new legislation restrict- ing immigration , thereby raising the salience of the issue on the policy agenda . Nevertheless , demand - side approaches treat mass ...
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... populist rhetoric of the radical right is be- lieved to tap into deep - seated public disaffection with the political system , an erosion of trust in the institutions of representative government , and the expression of disgust against ...
... populist rhetoric of the radical right is be- lieved to tap into deep - seated public disaffection with the political system , an erosion of trust in the institutions of representative government , and the expression of disgust against ...
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... populist , or reformed Communist . Moreover , since the causes of partisan dealignment are thought to lie in social processes and structural trends common in most affluent postin- dustrial societies , by itself this explanation fails to ...
... populist , or reformed Communist . Moreover , since the causes of partisan dealignment are thought to lie in social processes and structural trends common in most affluent postin- dustrial societies , by itself this explanation fails to ...
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Voters and Parties in the Electoral Market Pippa Norris. channels , populist styles , and rhetorical strategies these parties use when targeting voters ; the characteristics and popularity of their leadership ; and the financial ...
Voters and Parties in the Electoral Market Pippa Norris. channels , populist styles , and rhetorical strategies these parties use when targeting voters ; the characteristics and popularity of their leadership ; and the financial ...
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.