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Useful, but Not Necessarily Idiots

The Ideological Linkages among the Putin-Sympathizer Parties in the European Parliament

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ID12432809
AuthorsGrigorii V Golosov (0000-0001-9769-9230, University Professor of Comparative Politics and Head of the Political Science Department, European University at St. Petersburg, Russia, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume67
Issue1
Pages53-63
Publication date2018-11-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueProblems of Post-Communism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1075-8216 • E-ISSN: 1557-783X
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10758216.2018.1530941
OpenAlexW2899823000
LanguageEN
Citations received17
References cited45

Using evidence from roll-call voting in the European Parliament and data from the Euromanifesto project, this study employs statistical analysis (linear and logistic regression models) in order to identify the ideological linkages among Putin-sympathizer parties in Europe. The analysis demonstrates that one of the linkages among them is provided by their rejection of European integration, and that Putin-sympathizer parties tend to display ideological radicalism on both ends of the left–right ideological continuum, thus falling into the category of anti-system parties. At the same time, one of the important shared characteristics of Putin-sympathizer parties is populism

Economics · Ideology · Order (exchange · Parliament · Political economy · Political radicalism · Political science · Politics · Populism · Positive economics · Radical right · Sociology · Voting · European Union Policy and Governance · German legal, social, and political studies · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements

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