The vulnerable populist right parties: No economic realignment fuelling their electoral success
@article{Ivarsflaten2005TheVP, title={The vulnerable populist right parties: No economic realignment fuelling their electoral success}, author={Elisabeth Ivarsflaten}, journal={European Journal of Political Research}, year={2005}, volume={44}, pages={465-492}, url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:154835189} }
Abstract. The two occupational groups most likely to vote for populist right parties in Western Europe in the 1990s also disagree the most over issues relating to the economic dimension of politics. The two groups were: blue-collar workers – who support extensive state intervention in the economy – and owners of small businesses – who are against such state intervention. Proponents of economic realignment theories have held that both groups voted for the populist right because their economic…
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