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The book argues and empirically finds that political and economic conditions relatively unfavourable to the working class increase blue-collar worker support for the populist radical right in Western Europe.
List of contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Abbreviations
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Populist Radical Right-wing Parties and the Working Class
- 3: A Social Identity Approach to Blue-Collar Worker Support for the Populist Radical Right
- 4: The Policymaking Process: Economic Reforms and Support for the Populist Radical Right
- 5: Policy Outputs: Labour Policies and Support for the Populist Radical Right
- 6: Policy Outcomes: Economic Inequality and Support for the Populist Radical Right
- 7: Concluding Remarks
- Appendix A: A Multinomial Logistic Analysis of Social Identity
- Appendix B: Robustness Checks with the International Social Survey Programme (2013)
- Appendix C: Results of First-Stage Models in Causal Mediation Analyses
- Appendix D: A Robustness Check with Excluding Country/Years without a PRRP
- Appendix E: A Robustness Check with a Country Fixed-Effect Model
- References
- Index
About the author
Eric Graig Castater is an Assistant Professor in the School of Government and International Affairs at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia. His research focuses on labour politics, the causes and consequences of economic inequality, and the rise of populist radical political parties in the wealthy democracies. His articles have appeared in
West European Politics, European Journal of Political Research, European Politics and Society, Business and Politics, and
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility.
Kyung Joon Han is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His research focuses on party politics, populist radical right-wing parties, international migration, income inequality, and labour politics in industrialized countries. His articles have appeared in journals such as
British Journal of Political Science, International Studies Quarterly, European Journal of Political Research, Party Politics, West European Politics, and
Electoral Studies.
Summary
The book argues and empirically finds that political and economic conditions relatively unfavourable to the working class increase blue-collar worker support for the populist radical right in Western Europe.
