Vrakopoulos, C orcid.org/0000-0002-4042-1817 (2022) Political and ideological normalization: quality of government, mainstream-right ideological positions and extreme-right support. European Political Science Review, 14 (1). pp. 56-73. ISSN 1755-7739
Abstract
This article aims to explain the variation in the electoral support for extreme-right parties (ERPs) in Europe. The extant literature on the far-right party family does not answer this question specifically with regard to the extreme-right variants for two main reasons. Firstly, theories did not expect the electoral success of these parties in post-war Europe due to their anti-democratic profiles and association with fascism. Secondly, despite the fact that they acknowledge the differences between the parties under the far-right umbrella – namely, the extreme and the radical – they normally do not take these differences into account, and if so, they focus on the radical-right parties. This article shows that electoral support for ERPs is associated with low quality of government and highly conservative mainstream-right parties. The former creates political legitimization for anti-democratic parties and the latter ideological normalization of extreme right.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of European Consortium for Political Research. This article has been published in a revised form in European Political Science Review doi.org/10.1017/S1755773921000308. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | extreme-right; mainstream-right; party competition; quality of government |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 11 Oct 2021 12:56 |
Last Modified: | 28 Jun 2022 14:51 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S1755773921000308 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:179048 |