Not the Far-Right Only: Which Parties Occupy the Niche of Cultural Protectionism in the EU Countries?
- Authors: Petrov I.I.1
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Affiliations:
- HSE University
- Issue: Vol 23, No 4 (2021): Identity in the Political Constructions of Modernity
- Pages: 692-705
- Section: IDENTITY IN EUROPE AND ITS ACTORS
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/2313-1438/article/view/322103
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2313-1438-2021-23-4-692-705
- ID: 322103
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Abstract
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.
About the authors
Ivan I. Petrov
HSE University
Author for correspondence.
Email: iip95@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3856-2503
postgraduate at the Postgraduate School of Political Science
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