This paper studies the effects of economic distress on support for radical right parties. Using Swedish election data, I show that one layoff notice among low-skilled native-born workers increases, average, party Sweden Democrats by 0.17–0.45 votes. The relationship between notices and is stronger in areas with a high share immigrants low high-skilled immigrants. These findings are line theorie...

Scholars link the electoral success of right-wing populist parties to a programmatic crisis representation for mainstream parties, which arguably do not put their voters’ most important issues on agenda. We have little knowledge about whether these two assumptions hold: To what extent is there low agenda-responsiveness and in how far related Europe? conceptualize as lack party due dwindling lin...

abstract the feminist movement in the united states like other countries has tried to establish equality for women. from the first attempts to gain constitutional right for vote, up to the current radical demands, feminists have struggled to make changes in the u.s. party politics and obtain their rights within the parties. one of the important issues in which women played a key role in party p...

This study offers a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of Slovak illiberal anti-gender parliamentary discourse based on unique dataset consisting 85 speeches. It presents who the main actors are in terms Slovakia and which narratives they postulate. also considers if there is any variation identified narratives. The qualitative content covered several critical rhetoric parties. I argue that occur...

In 2022, two regional elections were held that initiated a new electoral cycle in Spain. The first, February, took place Castilla y León where, for the first time, extreme right-wing party, VOX, formed coalition government with Partido Popular, while, simultaneously, left-wing party Podemos was barely left parliamentary representation. second, June Andalusia, led to VOX increasing its represent...