Far Right Parties in Europe

2016/05/11 by Matt Golder · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Populism, Right-Wing Movements #Electoral Systems and Political Participation #German legal, social, and political studies #Demand side #Supply side #Ideology #Politics #Far right #Order (exchange) #Far side of the Moon #Great Rift #Focus (optics) #Economics #Political economy #Political science #Sociology #Law #Market economy #Microeconomics #Finance

paper · doi:10.1146/annurev-polisci-042814-012441

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Abstract

The far right party family is the fastest-growing party family in Europe. In addition to describing the ideological makeup of the far right party family, this review examines demand-side and supply-side explanations for its electoral success. Demand-side explanations focus on the grievances that create the “demand” for far right parties, whereas supply-side explanations focus on how the choices that far right parties make and the political opportunity structure in which they act influence their success. The review finishes by suggesting that far right scholars must recognize the interaction between demand-side and supply-side factors in their empirical analyses in order to draw valid inferences and that it would be productive to pay more attention to the political geography of far right support and the different stages of far right success.

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