Research Catalog

Title

Roads to the radical right : understanding different forms of electoral support for radical right-wing parties in France and the Netherlands / Koen Damhuis.

Author

Damhuis, Koen, 1987-

Publication

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.

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Details

Description

xii, 258 pages : illustrations (black and white); 24 cm

Summary

Trump, Wilders, Salvini, Le Pen - during the last decades, radical right-wing leaders and their parties have become important political forces in most western democracies. Their growing appeal raises an increasingly relevant question: who are the voters that support them and why do they do so? Numerous and variegated answers have been given to this question, inside as well as outside academia. Yet, curiously, despite their quantity and diversity, these existing explanations are often based on a similar assumption: that of homogeneous electorates. Consequently, the idea that different subgroups with different profiles and preferences might coexist within the constituencies of radical right-wing parties has thus far remained underdeveloped, both theoretically and empirically. This ground-breaking book is the first one that systematically investigates the heterogeneity of radical right-wing voters. Theoretically, it introduces the concept of electoral equifinality to come to grips with this diversity. Empirically, it relies on innovative statistical analyses and no less than 125 life-history interviews with voters in France and the Netherlands. Based on this unique material, the study identifies different roads to the radical right and compares them within a cross-national perspective. In addition, through an analysis of almost 1400 tweets posted by Geert Wilders and Marine Le Pen, the book shows how the latter are able to appeal to different groups of voters. Taken together, the book thus provides a host of important new insights into the heterogeneous phenomenon of radical right support. --

Subject

• Wilders, Geert
• Le Pen, Marine
• Right and left (Political science)
• Voting research

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-247) and index.

Call Number

JFE 21-1854

ISBN

• 0198863632
• 9780198863632

OCLC

1153633051

Author

Damhuis, Koen, 1987- author.

Title

Roads to the radical right : understanding different forms of electoral support for radical right-wing parties in France and the Netherlands / Koen Damhuis.

Publisher

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-247) and index.

Other Form:

Electronic version: Damhuis, Koen, 1987- Roads to the Radical Right. First edition. Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020 9780192608994 (OCoLC)1196838299

Research Call Number

JFE 21-1854