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Crisis and Convergence: How the Combination of a Weak Economy and Mainstream Party Ideological De-Polarization Fuels Anti-System Support
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Abstract When do radical parties gain support? Previous studies cite the economy and mainstream party ideological convergence as important. Responding to earlier inconsistent findings, I provide evidence for an interactive approach. Anti-system parties succeed when mainstream parties are simultaneously presi... mehr
When do radical parties gain support? Previous studies cite the economy and mainstream party ideological convergence as important. Responding to earlier inconsistent findings, I provide evidence for an interactive approach. Anti-system parties succeed when mainstream parties are simultaneously presiding over an ailing economy and failing to provide the diversity of political opinion for the electorate to meaningfully challenge the policies associated with this malaise, through which dissatisfaction with the status quo could otherwise be channeled. Two studies support this "crisis and convergence" model. At the aggregate-level, the anti-system vote is strongest during times of negative economic growth and widespread mainstream party ideological de-polarization. At the voter-level, the link between negative economic evaluations and radical party voting is stronger during establishment convergence and, vice versa, personal perceptions of convergence are themselves more closely related to support for these parties when the macroeconomy is sickly. Mainstream party homogeneity radicalizes the economic vote and strengthens anti-system challengers.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Polarisierung; Radikalismus; Partei; Wettbewerb; wirtschaftliche Faktoren; politische Ideologie
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
anti-system parties; economic voting; radical politics; party competition; CSES - Comparative Study of Electoral Systems
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2021
Seitenangabe
S. 1256-1291
Zeitschriftentitel
Comparative political studies, 54 (2021) 7
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414020970222
ISSN
1552-3829
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)