Title Impact of extreme right parties on immigration policy : comparing Britain, France and Italy / João Carvalho

Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 248 pages .) Series Routledge studies in extremism and democracy. Routledge research in extremism and democracy ; 20 Routledge studies in extremism and democracy. Routledge research in extremism and democracy ; 20. Contents Cover; Impact of Extreme Right Parties on Immigration Policy; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Research on the political impact of ERPs; Combining ERP literature with immigration studies; Plan of the book; 2 Research methods and the ERP party family; Research questions; Understanding ERP impact on immigration politics and policy; Explanatory factors; Comparative research design; Research methods; The search for consensus: the extreme right party family; ERP as a party family Typology of ERPs3 Case selection and background; Case selection and choice for a most similar systems research design; Electoral systems; ERPs' development until 2001; Immigration in the UK, France and Italy; Conclusions; 4 The BNP impact on British immigration politics and policy; The 2001 general election -- Labour's second landslide; BNP development between 2001 and 2005; BNP impact on immigration policy under Blair's second term; The 2005 general election -- Blair's third victory; The BNP development between 2005 and 2009; The BNP impact on immigration policy under Labour's third term Conclusions5 The FN impact on French immigration politics and policy; The 2002 presidential elections -- a political earthquake; The FN: from 2002 to 2007; FN impact on immigration policy under Chirac's presidential term; The 2007 presidential elections -- Le Pen's slump; FN development from 2007 to 2009; FN impact on immigration policy between 2007 and 2009; Conclusions; 6 The LN impact on Italian immigration politics and policy; The 2001 general election -- the return of Berlusconi; LN trajectory 2001-2008; The LN impact on immigration policy during Berlusconi's second term The 2008 general election -- the LN upsurgeThe LN's development between 2008 and 2009; The LN impact on immigration policy between 2008 and 2009; Conclusions; 7 Conclusions; ERPs' impact on inter- party competition; ERPs' impact on public attitudes; ERPs' impact on the development of immigration policy; Future research; Notes; Bibliography; Index Summary "Drawing on a mixed research methodology with a strong qualitative character, this book traces the political impact of the British National Party in the UK, the Front National in France and the Lega Nord in Italy by exploring their contagion effects on immigration politics and policy in particular over the patterns of inter-party competition, public behaviour and policy developments. This book suggests that extreme right party impact on immigration politics and policy is an outcome of the extreme right parties' electoral threats to established parties alongside the agency of mainstream political elites. It also highlights the decline in the intensity of extreme right parties' contagion effects on public attitudes to immigration throughout the late 2000s or the potential overstatement of this political process in the past. Featuring detailed case studies of the UK, France and Italy as three mature multi-party democracies where the extreme right was on the rise during the past decade, this work will be of great interest to students and scholars of populism, extremism, European politics and comparative and party politics"-- Provided by publisher "This book focuses on the political impact of extreme-right parties on immigration politics and policy"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject British National Party (1982- ) Front national (France : 1972- ) Lega nord. SUBJECT British National Party (1982- ) fast Front national (France : 1972- ) fast Lega nord fast British National Party gnd Front National Frankreich gnd Lega Nord gnd Subject Right and left (Political science) -- Europe -- Case studies Right-wing extremists -- Europe -- Case studies POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General. Emigration and immigration -- Government policy Right and left (Political science) Right-wing extremists Einwanderungspolitik Höger och vänster (statsvetenskap) Högerextremism. Invandringspolitik. SUBJECT Europe -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- Case studies Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy France -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy Italy -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy Subject Europe France Great Britain Italy Genre/Form Electronic books Case studies Form Electronic book ISBN 113464017X 9781134640171 9781315885162 1315885166 9781299847002 1299847005

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