The far-right, immigrants, and the prospects of democracy satisfaction in Europe

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ID7950348
AuthorsAida Just (0000-0002-4741-0205, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume23
Issue5
Pages507-525
Publication date2017-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueParty Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1354-0688 • E-ISSN: 1460-3683
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1354068815604823
OpenAlexW2336327548
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited102

This paper examines the consequences of the far-right in shaping foreign-born immigrants’ satisfaction with the way democracy works in their host country. It posits that while electorally successful far-right parties undermine democracy satisfaction, the magnitude of this effect is not uniform across all first-generation immigrants. Instead, it depends on newcomers’ citizenship status in their adopted homeland. The analyses using individual-level data collected as part of the five-round European Social Survey (ESS) 2002–2012 in 16 West European democracies reveal that the electoral strength of far-right parties in a form of vote and seat shares won in national elections is indeed powerfully linked to democracy satisfaction among foreign-born individuals. However, this relationship is limited to foreign-born non-citizens, as we have no evidence that far-right parties influence democracy attitudes among foreign-born individuals who have acquired citizenship in their adopted homeland

Citizenship · Democracy · Demographic economics · Economics · Homeland · Immigration · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Survey data collection · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Populism, Right-Wing Movements

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