Title Roads to the Radical Right : Understanding Different Forms of Electoral Support for Radical Right-Wing Parties in France and the Netherlands / Koen Damhuis

Edition First edition Published Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource Summary This ground-breaking text systematically investigate the heterogeneity of radical right-wing voters 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 1,400 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 ground-breaking insights into the heterogeneous phenomenon of radical right support Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 04, 2020) Subject Voting research -- Netherlands -- History -- 21st century Voting research -- France -- History -- 21st century Right-wing extremists -- Netherlands -- History -- 21st century Right-wing extremists -- France -- History -- 21st century Political parties -- France -- History -- 21st century Political parties Politics and government Right-wing extremists Voting research SUBJECT Netherlands -- Politics and government -- 21st century France -- Politics and government -- 21st century Subject France Netherlands Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780192608994 0192608991

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