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Why do immigrants support an anti-immigrant party? Russian-Germans and the Alternative for Germany.
- Source :
- West European Politics; Feb2023, Vol. 46 Issue 2, p275-299, 25p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- By reaching a vote share of 12.6 percent in the 2017 federal election, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) ended Germany's rare status as a Western European polity lacking a significant Populist Radical Right Party (PRRP). Some of this support comes from a group not usually expected to vote for PRRPs: immigrant-origin voters. Recent survey data shows high levels of support for the AfD especially within the group of Russian-Germans – immigrants from the former Soviet Union and its successor states. What motivates these immigrant-origin voters to support an anti-immigrant party? This article argues that support for the AfD – besides immigration-related preferences – can be best explained by their levels of assimilation or incorporation for different domains regarding the mainstream German society. Especially low levels of economic and social integration, and in particular a strong ethnic identity, relate positively to favouring the German radical right. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01402382
- Volume :
- 46
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- West European Politics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 160004231
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2022.2047544