Far right parties and ‘Europe’

Societal polarization and the limits of EU issue contestation

Bibliographic Data

ID12048024
AuthorsIan Downs (0000-0003-4111-1703, University of Tennessee at Knoxville), Ian Down (0000-0001-9275-8692, University of Tennessee at Knoxville), Kyung Joon Han (0000-0001-7592-0803, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume43
Issue1
Pages65-81
Publication date2020-02-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of European Integration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0703-6337 • E-ISSN: 1477-2280
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07036337.2020.1728263
OpenAlexW3005931768
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited45

Europe has experienced both marked growth in public support for far right parties and growth in public Euro-skepticism. While far right parties have become associated with particularly strident negative orientations towards the European Union (EU), there is considerable variation in the extent of their antipathy, and, in the extent to which they emphasize the EU. Here we examine the conditions under which far right parties can successfully leverage the EU issue to win votes. Specifically, we argue that the extent of societal polarization on the EU constitutes an important intermediating condition. Our findings indicate that individuals are more likely to vote far right when these parties contest the EU, but only if they do so in a context of societal polarization on the issue

Antipathy · CONTEST · Economics · European Social Survey · European union · International trade · Leverage (statistics · Polarization (electrochemistry · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Skepticism · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements

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