par Weldon, Steven;Van Haute, Emilie ;Beyer, Alexander
Référence ECPR joint sessions of workshops (11-14/04/2018: Nicosia)
Publication Non publié, 2018-04-12
Communication à un colloque
Résumé : With the recent surge in support for populist, radical right parties, xenophobia and nativism havesuddenly become more widespread across Europe. The radical rights’ success has putfundamental civil and political liberties under threat at home, especially for visible minorities,and raised the question of how mainstream parties should react to these challenges. Should theyrefuse to cooperate with anti-immigrant parties and seek to isolate them from power? Or, shouldthey accept them as legitimate democratic actors and include them in the political process? Thisstudy examines this question, focusing in particular on how isolation or inclusion strategiesmatter for radical right party support. Drawing on the four waves of the Comparative Study ofElectoral Systems data set from 1997 to 2014 and examining both vote choice and electoralsympathy for these actors over time, we find that strategy matters—isolated anti-immigrantparties have lower levels of both types of support, whereas inclusion appears to increase itamong both voters and non-voters of these parties.