Contagious Parties: Anti-Immigration Parties and Their Impact on Other Parties’ Immigration Stances in Contemporary Western Europe
| dc.contributor.author | VAN SPANJE, Joost | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-11-24T14:59:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-11-24T14:59:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-01-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Anti-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.identifier.citation | Party Politics, 2010, 16, 5, 563-586 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1354-0688 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1814/15017 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.subject | Anti-immigration | |
| dc.subject | Parties | |
| dc.subject | Elections | |
| dc.subject | Immigration | |
| dc.subject | Western Europe | |
| dc.title | Contagious Parties: Anti-Immigration Parties and Their Impact on Other Parties’ Immigration Stances in Contemporary Western Europe | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication |
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