Arzheimer, K., Berning, C., de Lange, S. et al. (9 more authors) (2024) How Local Context Affects Populist Radical Right Support: A Cross-National Investigation Into Mediated and Moderated Relationships. British Journal of Political Science. ISSN 0007-1234
Abstract
Populist radical right (PRR) parties are often more successful in some regions of their countries than in others. However, previous research shows that the relationship between context and PRR support is not straightforward. We develop and test an expanded framework linking local conditions to PRR support through two causal mechanisms. First, we argue economic and cultural contextual factors can influence citizens by fostering a sense of perceived local decline, which in turn predicts both populist and nativist attitudes and, hence, PRR support (mediation). Second, we expect that citizens with fewer resources and stronger local embeddedness are more strongly influenced by the context in which they live (moderation). Combining geocoded survey data with contextual data from four countries (DE, FR, GB and NL), we show that the link between local context and PRR support is indeed mediated and moderated, providing a better understanding of the spatial distribution behind recent PRR success.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited. |
Keywords: | populist radical right; political geography; local decline; context effects; neighbourhoods |
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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) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) ES/N018745/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 08 Apr 2024 09:55 |
Last Modified: | 18 Apr 2024 15:17 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S0007123424000085 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:211227 |