Not the Far-Right Only: Which Parties Occupy the Niche of Cultural Protectionism in the EU Countries?

In the 2010s many moderate parties in Europe began to use the agenda of the far-rights, competing with them on the same field. This article is devoted to the problem of inter-party competition in European countries amidst the rise of far-right parties. We also intended to check if the far-right prof...

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Autor principal:	Ivan I. Petrov
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Lenguaje:	EN RU
Publicado:	Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2021
Materias:	cultural protectionism far-right party families right populism party cleavages european politics party competition party systems Political science J
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:55b94e738e0d4957bc12e4621e4407762021-11-26T15:41:04ZNot the Far-Right Only: Which Parties Occupy the Niche of Cultural Protectionism in the EU Countries?2313-14382313-144610.22363/2313-1438-2021-23-4-692-705https://doaj.org/article/55b94e738e0d4957bc12e4621e4407762021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/viewFile/29540/20045https://doaj.org/toc/2313-1438https://doaj.org/toc/2313-1446In the 2010s many moderate parties in Europe began to use the agenda of the far-rights, competing with them on the same field. This article is devoted to the problem of inter-party competition in European countries amidst the rise of far-right parties. We also intended to check if the far-right profile is the same for all EU countries. To achieve the goal of the study, we used two databases on party positioning - MARPOR (Comparative Manifesto Project) and CHES (Chapel Hill Expert Survey). The study revealed that the consolidated family of the far-rights exists only in the countries of North-Western Europe, while in the countries of East-Central Europe the agenda of the far-rights is less consolidated and regionally heterogeneous. The mainstream competitors of the far-rights included mostly conservatives in North-Western Europe, and various parties, including the Social Democrats, in East-Central Europe. The study confirmed the hypothesis about the serious influence of the far-rights on mainstream politics. At the same time, it questioned the traditional approach which attributes the far-right profile only to far-right parties and ignores both regional differences and the factor of spatial competition.Ivan I. PetrovPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)articlecultural protectionismfar-rightparty familiesright populismparty cleavageseuropean politicsparty competitionparty systemsPolitical scienceJENRURUDN Journal of Political Science, Vol 23, Iss 4, Pp 692-705 (2021)
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description	In the 2010s many moderate parties in Europe began to use the agenda of the far-rights, competing with them on the same field. This article is devoted to the problem of inter-party competition in European countries amidst the rise of far-right parties. We also intended to check if the far-right profile is the same for all EU countries. To achieve the goal of the study, we used two databases on party positioning - MARPOR (Comparative Manifesto Project) and CHES (Chapel Hill Expert Survey). The study revealed that the consolidated family of the far-rights exists only in the countries of North-Western Europe, while in the countries of East-Central Europe the agenda of the far-rights is less consolidated and regionally heterogeneous. The mainstream competitors of the far-rights included mostly conservatives in North-Western Europe, and various parties, including the Social Democrats, in East-Central Europe. The study confirmed the hypothesis about the serious influence of the far-rights on mainstream politics. At the same time, it questioned the traditional approach which attributes the far-right profile only to far-right parties and ignores both regional differences and the factor of spatial competition.
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title	Not the Far-Right Only: Which Parties Occupy the Niche of Cultural Protectionism in the EU Countries?
title_short	Not the Far-Right Only: Which Parties Occupy the Niche of Cultural Protectionism in the EU Countries?
title_full	Not the Far-Right Only: Which Parties Occupy the Niche of Cultural Protectionism in the EU Countries?
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Not the Far-Right Only: Which Parties Occupy the Niche of Cultural Protectionism in the EU Countries?

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