1st Edition

The European Mainstream and the Populist Radical Right

Edited By Pontus Odmalm, Eve Hepburn Copyright 2017
181 Pages
by Routledge

181 Pages
by Routledge

181 Pages
by Routledge

Are populist radical right (PRR) parties the only alternatives for voters seeking restrictive and assimilationist outcomes? Or is a mainstream choice available? Popular opinion and social media commentaries often criticize mainstream parties for facing in the same liberal and multicultural direction. Literature on parties and elections equally suggests a convergence of policy positions and the... Read more

The European Mainstream and the Populist Radical Right





Acknowledgments









  1. Mainstream Parties, the Populist Radical Right, and the (Alleged) Lack of a Restrictive and Assimilationist Alternative






Pontus Odmalm and Eve Hepburn





2. The European Mainstream and the Populist Radical Right (PRR): The British Case





Rebecca Partos





3. Conflict and Co-operation between the Danish Mainstream as a Condition for Adaptation to the Populist Radical Right





Flemming Juul Christiansen





4. Immigration, Integration and the Finns Party: Issue-ownership by Coincidence or by Stealth?





Mikko Kuisma and Mikael Nygård





5. The French Mainstream and the Front National’s Electoral Fortunes





João Carvalho





6. Accommodating the Dutch Populist Radical Right in a Multi-Party System: Success or Failure?





Marijn van Klingeren, Andrej Zaslove and Bertjan Verbeek





7. Sweden: From Deviant Case to PRR Hotbed?





Anders Widfeldt





8. Concluding Remarks





Pontus Odmalm





 



Tables and Figures





Chapter 1



Figure 1. Aggregate Manifesto Positions on the Immigration 'Issue' (2002 - 2015)





Table 1. Results for the Populist Radical Right, 1956 – 2015 (%); national/federal level elections



Table 2. Case Parties and Votes (2002 – 2015)



Table 3. Breakdown of Positions on the Immigration ‘Issue’, 2002 – 2015.





Table 4. Was an aggregate R/A-choice offered by one or more mainstream parties? (2002 – 2015)



Table 5. Subcategories of the immigration ‘issue’ where an R/A-choice was offered by one or more mainstream parties (2002 – 2015)



Table 6. Changes to PRR vote share (2002 – 2015)





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Biography

Pontus Odmalm is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Edinburgh.



Eve Hepburn is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Edinburgh.