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dc.contributor.authorVAN SPANJE, Joost
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-24T14:59:04Z
dc.date.available2010-11-24T14:59:04Z
dc.date.issued2010-01-01
dc.identifier.citationParty Politics, 2010, 16, 5, 563-586en
dc.identifier.issn1354-0688
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/15017
dc.description.abstractAnti-immigration parties have experienced electoral lift-off in most Western democracies, although the consequences of their victories for real-life policy outcomes have remained largely unexplored. A key question is: do electoral pressures from anti-immigration parties have a ‘contagion’ impact on other parties’ immigration policy positions? In this article, I argue and empirically demonstrate that this is the case. On the basis of a comparative-empirical study of 75 parties in 11 Western European countries, I conclude that this contagion effect involves entire party systems rather than the mainstream right only. In addition, I find that opposition parties are more vulnerable to this contagion effect than parties in government. The findings of this article imply that anti-immigration parties are able to influence policy output in their political systems without entering government.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectanti-immigration
dc.subjectparties
dc.subjectelections
dc.subjectimmigration
dc.subjectWestern Europe
dc.titleContagious Parties: Anti-Immigration Parties and Their Impact on Other Parties’ Immigration Stances in Contemporary Western Europeen
dc.typeArticleen


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