Euroskepticism in european national elections : the rise of voter support for new radical rights parties
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Euroskepticism in european national elections : the rise of voter support for new radical rights parties
Tostes, Ana Paula | 2011
Abstract
It investigates, in a comparative perspective, the support for new extreme right-wing political parties (ERPs) in national elections across the Western European Union countries (WEU). The objective of the research is not to explain why or how the ERPs platforms can be convincing and persuasive, but to describe conditions that contribute to identify when this has occurred. Since the reactionary nature of ERP discourse met the spreading phenomenon of Euroskepticism, a vote for ERP candidates anda platforms is considered Euroskeptic voting behavior. Our hypothesis is that the greater the political power a member state enjoys in European Union institutions, the fewer the incentives for voters to support ERPs. To test this hypotesis, a great amount of data was organized and a set of econometric exercises was established using panel data with fixed effects. Given the intertemporal variation captured by the panel data with fixed effects, it is possible to assess the political conditions for the growth of electoral support for ERPs across the WEU as a function of three classes of variables: representative variables, economic variables, and variables of perception. The findings suggest that representation in European institutions has greater impact on ERP support than economic circumstances.
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Eleições; Participação política; Eleitor; Representação política; Partido político; Apoio; Voto
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TOSTES, Ana Paula. Euroskepticism in european national elections: the rise of voter support for new radical rights parties. Brazilian Political Science Review, São Paulo, v. 5, n. 1, p. 77-104, 2011.
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