The Nordic Populist Radical Right

Voters, Ideology, and Political Interactions
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-138-39022-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 488 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy

This edited volume examines populist radical right parties in the Nordic region.

Somewhat surprisingly given the image of a consensual, egalitarian, and progressive region of Europe, the Nordic countries have been fertile ground for the radical right. Not only have radical right parties persisted for many decades, but they are currently much stronger in this region than in most other European countries today. In this book, the contributors analyse the electoral, ideological, and organisational aspects of the radical right in the Nordic region: The Progress Party in Norway (Fremskrittspartiet, FrP), the Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna, SD), Danish People’s Party (Dansk Folkeparti, DF), and the Finns party (Perussuomalaiset, PS). It also explores how mainstream parties and the media have reacted to the rise of the radical right, whether the radical right is integrated into mainstream politics, the extent to which they challenge the dominant ideological paradigm of Nordic politics and whether they mobilise and organise differently to other parties. Understanding the Nordic radical right is crucial to comprehending the transformation of Nordic politics but also changes in European politics more generally.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Scandinavian politics, populism, the radical right, and comparative party politics.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jungar, Ann-Cathrine

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Liberalismus, Libertarismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Konservativismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: The rise of the Nordic populist radical right  Part I: The Voters  2. Who votes for the Nordic radical right?  3. What unites populist radical-right voters in the Nordic countries   4. Party-voter policy representation among populist radical right parties in the Nordic region  Part II: Ideology  5. The use of national myths in the rhetoric of populist radical-right parties in the Nordic countries  6. Three tales of welfare chauvinism  7. Radical right and gender equality  8. Men’s parties in gender equal havens: The gender-representation gap in the Nordic populist radical right parties  9. From defending the family to protecting gays? Change and continuity in the Nordic radical right’s positions on LGBTQ issues  Part III: Political interactions  10. The transnational dimension of the Nordic populist radical right  11. Radical right parties and government participation in the Nordic countries  12. The Swedish Labour Movement and the Sweden Democrats: Contest for Working-Class Voters?  13. Meanings of ‘populism’ and the radical right in Finnish and Swedish media  14. Concluding discussion

Über Autor(innen)

Ann-Cathrine Jungar is Associate Professor at Södertörn University in Stockholm, Sweden. She has researched extensively on parliamentary government, Europeanisation and the radical right in Europe, particularly in the Nordic region.