Pickard, H., Efthyvoulou, G. orcid.org/0000-0002-4473-0350 and Bove, V. (2023) What’s left after right-wing extremism? The effects on political orientation. European Journal of Political Research, 62 (1). pp. 338-351. ISSN 0304-4130
Abstract
Does radical right political violence favour or hinder public support for right-wing stances? Numerous existing studies have demonstrated that Islamic terrorism provokes a conservative shift, increases nationalism and induces negative sentiments towards immigration. However, little is known about the consequences of far-right terrorism, despite its incidence in Western societies. We leverage four waves of the British Election Study (BES) and use a quasi-experimental design to analyse individual political orientations shortly before and after terrorist attacks. We find that respondents distance themselves from the ideology associated with the perpetrator and shift away from ideological positions at the right end of the political spectrum. Furthermore, respondents are less likely to report nationalistic attitudes and immigration skepticism, core tenets of extremist right-wing political ideologies. Our findings suggest that the characteristics of the perpetrators and their driving goals are crucial factors shaping the impact of terrorism on public sentiments.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Authors. European Journal of Political Research published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of European Consortium for Political Research. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Far-right extremism; terrorist attacks; political opinion; political ideology; quasi-experimental design |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Economics (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL ES/V002333/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 16 Mar 2022 16:50 |
Last Modified: | 10 Jul 2024 11:21 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/1475-6765.12538 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:184655 |