POLI 222 Chapter Notes -Proportional Representation, Far-Left Politics, Green Party
17 Dec 2014
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Democratic responses to the challenge from the populist. Radical right in western europe. They increase the salience of issues traditionally owned" by the right. They appeal to working- class voters who traditionally support the centre left. They may facilitate the formation of centre- right governments. The new populist radical right emerged on the western european stage in the 1970s. The core issue of the populist radical right is arguably immigration. Case studies: denmark, the netherlands, norway, and austria. All four feature proportional electoral systems and relatively low electoral thresholds. Given the strength of social democratic party organizations in most western. Until that challenge becomes a manifest danger to their electoral position, the first strategy (hold) is practically a default option. Denmark: too little too late. During the mid- 1980s, the populist progress party started to focus more intensively on immigration. Fortunately for the social democrats the progress party remained isolated on the issue.
