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Why Some Anti-Immigrant Parties Fail and Others SucceedA Two-Step Model of Aggregate Electoral SupportUniversity of Amsterdam
University of Amsterdam
University of Amsterdam Over the past 2 decades, some anti-immigrant parties have managed to gain substantial electoral support in various European countries, most notably, Austria (Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs) and Flanders (Vlaams Blok). However, in other countries, the success of such parties either has been insignificant or did not last. The most popular models of support for anti-immigrant parties focus primarily on the demand side of the electoral process. The authors develop a model to explain differences in aggregate-level support for these parties, which also takes into account the supply side. This model builds upon an explanation provided by Kitschelt. The model is tested empirically for 13 European anti-immigrant parties in the period from 1989 to 1999, altogether yielding 25 party-year combinations. The authors test the sociostructural model and their alternative model at the level of political parties. The sociostructural model explains 3% of the variance in success, whereas the authors’ model explains 83%.
Key Words: anti-immigrant parties • extreme right • populism • elections • voting
Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 38, No. 5,
537-573 (2005) This article has been cited by other articles:
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