Comparative Perspectives on the Radical Right in Europe and Beyond

Abstract

This panel explores radical right political parties from various perspectives, to obtain a better understanding of their issue positioning and (potential) electoral success. While we know a lot about this type of parties’ positions on immigration, gender, and welfare, other topics have received less academic focus. This panel thus includes papers that explore the parties’ stances on trade policy, the economy, and climate change in a comparative perspective, while a fourth paper discusses why we are yet to see a European party which solely campaigns around conspiracy theories (unlike the Japanese Sanseito party). Finally, the last paper explores the conditions determining the electoral success or failure of both right-wing and left-wing populist parties, thereby providing further insights on the causes for populist vote share changes over time.

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Mapping the trade policies of the radical right	View Paper Details
Electoral Fortunes of Populism: A Comparative Analysis of Causes and Trends in Western Europe (2000-2022)	View Paper Details
Singing from the same hymn sheet? The coherence of the populist radical right’s economic agenda beyond welfare policies	View Paper Details
Are populist parties systematically more sceptical about climate change? Evidence from an Expert Survey	View Paper Details
From conspiracy theory movement to challenger party: why the case of Japan’s Sanseito isn’t more widely replicated	View Paper Details