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Argues that radical right voting in Europe is rooted in people's feelings of attachment to and defensiveness of their local communities.
List of contents
1. Introduction; 2. Theorizing localism and radical right support; 3. Localism and radical right support in Europe; 4. Who are the localists that support the radical right?; 5. Neighborly ties, local autonomy, and SVP support in Switzerland; 6. Local autonomy shifts, local cohesion, and Le Pen support in France; 7. Local political salience and radical right party success in OECD countries; 8. Conclusion.
About the author
Jennifer Fitzgerald is co-author of Partisan Families (Cambridge, 2007), awarded the International Society of Political Psychology's Alexander George Book Award for best book in political psychology. Her other accolades include a Fulbright Award to conduct research in France, the University of Chicago's Morton Kaplan Prize, and repeated teaching awards at the University of Colorado Boulder where she is Associate Professor of Political Science. Her research has been published in the Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Political Behavior, World Politics, Electoral Studies and International Migration Review, among others.
Summary
This book explores the minds and lives of regular people to explain why far right parties are increasingly popular in democracies. While other titles focus on macro trends, like immigration and globalization, this book investigates people's day-to-day experiences and institutional contexts that connect their local ties to their electoral decisions.
