Abstract We argue theoretically and demonstrate empirically that to understand the electoral fortunes of far-right parties in Western Europe, we need consider advantages disadvantages these encounter multidimensional political issue space. salience changes among electorate benefit more than shifting parties’ policy positions. further posit public European integration are important for success o...

While the subject of populism receives increasing scholarly attention from both political scientists and criminologists, so far these two bodies literature have existed mostly in isolation each other. This paper aims to connect them by investigating whether parties that describe as populist are likely evince positions on criminal justice criminologists populist. Relying a secondary data analysi...

Historically, the family and, more generally, gender policies have been a central issue in both nationalist and far-right rhetoric. This holds particularly for Germany, where so-called male-breadwinner model rhetoric of Kinder, Küche, Kirche (children, kitchen, church) long tradition. At same time, Germany’s National Socialist past confers negative connotation on notions as continuation nation....

In this study we explain extreme right-wing voting behaviour in the countries of the European Union and Norway from a micro and macro perspective. Using a multidisciplinary multilevel approach, we take into account individual-level social background characteristics and public opinion alongside country characteristics and characteristics of extreme right-wing parties themselves. By making use of...

This article examines public contestation of Europe by the far right in France. It investigates whether far-right mobilization on EU has changed over time, and how it diverges party non-party sectors. Specifically, we follow a politicization approach address terms three interrelated dimensions: intensity, issue focus, action repertoire. allows comparing collective electoral protest arenas, thus...

While not typically the focus for academic or journalistic analyses, centre right political parties have been, are and will likely remain key actors in migration policy politics across Europe. This special issue introduction questions qualifies extent to which 2015 crisis affected centre-right parties’ politics, positioning positions on immigration, problematising idea that represented an ‘exte...

Since the early 2000s, populist radical right parties (PRRPs) have more than doubled their electoral support in Europe. Previous research found that PRRPs impact migration policy. However, little is known about whether they also other fields of domestic and foreign Using a cross-country panel analysis, we test to what extent rise has influenced European aid spending. We find while not been asso...