Do They Make a Difference?: The Policy Influence of Radical Right Populist Parties in Western Europe

Author:   Benjamin Biard ,  Laurent Bernhard ,  Hans-Georg Betz
Publisher:   ECPR Press
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9781785523298


Pages:   310
Publication Date:   15 October 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Do They Make a Difference?: The Policy Influence of Radical Right Populist Parties in Western Europe


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Over the last three decades, numerous radical right populist parties (RRPP) have emerged, developed, and strengthened their electoral weight in Western Europe. Yet, while several RRPP have managed to formally participate in government coalitions (such as in Italy, Austria, and Switzerland) or to informally support minority governments (such as in Denmark, and in The Netherlands) and while other RRPP have become highly visible opposition forces (such as in France, and Germany), the influence exercised by RRPP remain underexplored. It is essential to focus on their policy influence because of their electoral strength but also because they are often perceived by journalists, citizens, policy-makers as well as by researchers as a threat to democracy. As a reaction, mainstream parties tend to adopt specific strategies - such as measures of militant democracy towards RRPP. The aim of this book is to contribute to theoretical and empirical research in political science by bringing together a variety of contributions about the influence of RRPP in terms of policies on their core issues. To that end, we ask under which circumstances these parties are able to do so in contemporary Western Europe. This book proposes to focus on the role played by party status. Are RRPP better able to leave their imprints when they are in power or support minority governments than when they hold opposition or outsider status in Western Europe?

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Author:   Benjamin Biard ,  Laurent Bernhard ,  Hans-Georg Betz
Publisher:   ECPR Press
Imprint:   ECPR Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9781785523298


ISBN 10:   1785523295
Pages:   310
Publication Date:   15 October 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction, Benjamin Biard and Laurent Bernhard / Part I: Radical Right Populist Parties Outside Power / 1. The Impact of Radical Right Parties on Immigration Policy, Michael Minkenberg and Malisa Zobel / Part II: Radical Right Populist Parties in Power / 3. The FN Impact on Immigration Policy during President Hollande's term, João Carvalho / 4. Danish and Finnish Right Populist Parties' Influence on Policy Making: Two Contrasting Cases, Nathalie Blanc-Noel / 5. The Direct and Indirect Policy Impact of a Radical Right Populist Party as Support Party and in Opposition. The Case of the Danish People's Party, Flemming Juul Christiansen / 6. The Northern League (1992-2013): Surviving without delivering? Or harming southern Italy for decades?, Christophe Bouillaud / 7. The Impact of Radical Right Populist Local Governments on Urban Security, Fred Paxton / Part III: Comparisons Between Highly Contrasted Radical Right Populist Parties / 8. Radical Right Populist Parties in the 21st Century: The Policy Influence of Populists in Switzerland and France, Benjamin Biard / 9. Welfare Chauvinist Policies: The Direct and Indirect Impact of Populist Right-Wing Parties, Juliana Chueri / 10. Assessing the impact of right-wing populist parties on law-and-order policies in Europe, Georg Wenzelburger & Pascal König / Conclusion, Hans-Georg Betz

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In a time of increasing success of Western European right-wing populist parties, this book provides a state-of-the-art assessment of their direct and indirect impact on policy-making. It's a timely contribution that will be an inspiration for further research in Europe and elsewhere. -- Oscar Mazzoleni, Professor of Politics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland


Author Information

Laurent Bernhard is a postdoctoral researcher at the Swiss Center of Expertise in the Social Sciences (FORS), which is hosted by the University of Lausanne (Switzerland). Hans-Georg Betz is an adjunct professor in political science at the University of Zurich (Switzerland). Benjamin Biard is a FNRS research fellow in political science at the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium).

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