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May the lord protect our country: ethnic relations as a moderator between religiosity and radical right vote
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Abstract While we know a lot about the typical type of radical right-wing (RRWP) voter, individual religiosity in explaining support for RRWPs has eluded consistent scholarly attention. The mixed results available from the scarce literature find both positive and negative associations between religiosity and... view more
While we know a lot about the typical type of radical right-wing (RRWP) voter, individual religiosity in explaining support for RRWPs has eluded consistent scholarly attention. The mixed results available from the scarce literature find both positive and negative associations between religiosity and RRWPs vote. The variation in these relationships is puzzling, especially if we consider how RRWPs often present themselves as guardians of native ethnic and religious identity. In this paper we argue that religiosity increases the chance of voting for RRWPs when ethnic relations are a salient issue in the political system. We test our theory using multilevel regression modeling on the European Social Survey, specifically Rounds 7, 8 and 9 and replicate our results based on the European Values Study from 2017. We find that religiosity is a significant predictor of the RRWP vote when there are salient ethnic relations in the political system, proxied by the presence of an ethnic minority party. On the other hand, in countries without minority parties, non-religious individuals are more likely to vote for RRWPs.... view less
Keywords
ethnic relations; right-wing radicalism; religion; religiousness; voting; voting behavior; EVS; multi-level analysis
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Sociology of Religion
Free Keywords
radical right wing; ZA7500: European Values Study 2017: Integrated Dataset (EVS 2017) (Data file Version 4.0.0)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 1-15
Journal
Journal of Contemporary European Studies (2021)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/14782804.2021.1952167
ISSN
1478-2790
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed