1. Extreme right parties in Western Europe: the case of the Italian Northern League
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Gianluca Passarelli
- Subjects
Cultural Studies ,History ,Sociology and Political Science ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Immigration ,League ,extreme right-wing parties ,Democracy ,lega nord ,voters ,Politics ,Law ,Political economy ,Political science ,Western europe ,italy ,Political Science and International Relations ,European integration ,Position (finance) ,Extreme right ,left-right continuum ,media_common - Abstract
This article argues that voters of the Italian Lega Nord have been radicalized in recent years, shifting from an intermediate ‘centrist’ position to the extreme right. Data from both national and European mass surveys (e.g. Italian National Election Studies and European Electoral Studies) provide additional support for this shift from left to right and the accompanying changes in criteria (i.e. immigration, democracy, civil rights, European integration, and politics), indicating that Lega Nord voters have evolved into a body that fits the new extreme-right concept well.
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- 2013
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