Extreme Politics: An Analysis of the State Level Conditions Favoring Far Right Parties in the European Union
Description:
Three models are developed to analyze the state level conditions fostering the rise of far right parties in the European Union in the last two decades. The political background of these parties is examined. This study offers a definition for far right parties, which combines several previous attempts. The research has focused on the effects of the number of the parties, immigration, and unemployment on support for the far right in Europe. Empirical tests, using a random effects model of fifty e…
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Date:
May 2003
Creator:
Smith, Jason Matthew