Climate Change
Bad News for Populism? How the Rassemblement National Used Covid-19 to Promote Its Environmental Agenda
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11047534 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lluis De Nadal (0000-0003-2216-3006, University of Glasgow, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 414-429 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nationalities Papers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-5992 • E-ISSN: 1465-3923 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/nps.2022.104 |
| OpenAlex | W4312220181 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 20 |
This article uses the French Rassemblement National (RN) as a case study to examine how the populist radical right (PRR) prepares for a world after COVID-19 dominated by climate change concerns. Research suggests that certain measures introduced to contain the virus – such as the establishment of strict border and travel restrictions – may legitimize the PRR’s protectionist and anti-immigration agendas, yet few have examined whether or how PRR parties have used COVID-19 to promote their environmental agenda. If anything, the expectation has been that the pandemic would hurt the PRR precisely because its effects, unlike climate change, cannot be dismissed as a “hoax.” This view overlooks not only the “environmental turn” recently taken by several PRR parties but also the possibility that public awareness of the causal link between climate change and COVID-19 may work to their advantage. The analysis presented in this article highlights this possibility, showing that the RN used COVID-19 not only to capitalize on anti-immigrant sentiment but also to bolster its self-image as a champion of environmental protection
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Champion · Climate change · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Economics · Hoax · Immigration · International trade · Pandemic · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Protectionism · Sociology · Work (physics · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements
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| Citations per year | 1.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |