Bolet, Diane (2023) The janus-faced nature of radical voting: Subjective social decline at the roots of radical right and radical left support. Party Politics, 29 (3). pp. 475-488. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/13540688221085444
Bolet, Diane (2023) The janus-faced nature of radical voting: Subjective social decline at the roots of radical right and radical left support. Party Politics, 29 (3). pp. 475-488. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/13540688221085444
Bolet, Diane (2023) The janus-faced nature of radical voting: Subjective social decline at the roots of radical right and radical left support. Party Politics, 29 (3). pp. 475-488. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/13540688221085444
Abstract
This study advances the decline of Parent-Relative Subjective Social Status (PRSSS) as a reconciling factor among radical right and radical left supporters. While self-employed workers, men and rural residents perceive socioeconomic decline relative to their parents and support the radical right, the well-educated, urbanites and low-income individuals are likely to feel similar decline given the rising levels of unemployment and social inequality. These structural changes may push the latter to support a party which stresses income inequality, a catchcry of the radical left. Using a 2017 Eurobarometer Survey, logistic regressions show positive associations between low PRSSS (versus equal or high PRSSS) and support for right- and left-wing radicalism in 28 European countries. The traditional attitudes of each group magnify the PRSSS effects on radical support: these are reinforced by anti-immigrant support for the radical right and by preference for redistribution for the radical left.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | European politics; radical left parties; radical right parties; status anxiety |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Government, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 13 May 2024 13:42 |
Last Modified: | 13 May 2024 13:42 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/38369 |
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