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The Relationship Between Immigration And Nativism In Europe And North America, Cas Mudde
The Relationship Between Immigration And Nativism In Europe And North America, Cas Mudde
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Mass migration is thought to be a major factor behind the rise of the radical right. But while there clearly is a relationship (particularly in Western Europe), the connection is not as straightforward as is often assumed. Higher levels of immigration in the three regions examined in this report —North America, Western Europe, and Central and Eastern Europe — do not automatically correlate to more votes for radical-right parties.
The success of radical-right parties has been uneven in Europe. Since 1980, there have only been a handful of radical-right parties in Western Europe and in Central and Eastern Europe which …
Den Populistiska Radikalhögern: En Patologisk Normalitet, Cas Mudde
Den Populistiska Radikalhögern: En Patologisk Normalitet, Cas Mudde
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The Relationship Between Immigration And Nativism In Europe And North America, Cas Mudde
The Relationship Between Immigration And Nativism In Europe And North America, Cas Mudde
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No abstract provided.
The Populist Radical Right: A Pathological Normalcy, Cas Mudde
The Populist Radical Right: A Pathological Normalcy, Cas Mudde
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In recent years more and more studies have pointed to the limitations of demand-side explanations of the electoral success of populist radical right parties. They argue that supply-side factors need to be included as well. While previous authors have made these claims on the basis of purely empirical arguments, this article provides a (meta)theoretical argumentation for the importance of supply-side explanations. It takes issue with the dominant view on the populist radical right, which considers it to be alien to mainstream values in contemporary western democracies – the ‘normal pathology thesis’. Instead, it argues that the populist radical right should …