Contemporary right‐wing extremism in West Germany

Westle, Bettina; Niedermayer, Oskar

doi:10.1111/j.1475-6765.1992.tb00306.x

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“…Consequently, what this analysis has not proven is that unemployment and right-wing extremism (latent or manifest) are not positively related to one another at the micro-level. In other words, the presented results do not contradict previously obtained evidence that extreme right-wing parties appeal especially to unemployed individuals and those voters who, because of their socioeconomic status or occupational field, are especially susceptible to job insecurity (Voerman & Lucardie 1992;Falter 1994; but see Westle & Niedermayer 1992;Lewis-Beck & Mitchell 1993).…”

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“…More specifically, extreme rightwing parties endorse an authoritarian and hierarchical governmental structure and aggressive nationalism. Further, they frequently adopt an ethnocentrist or racist outlook (Ignazi 1992;Westle & Niedermayer 1992). But not all contemporary extreme right-wing parties in Western Europe have their roots in inter-war fascism.…”

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The ecological correlates of right–wing extremism in Western Europe

Knigge

1998

European J Political Res

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This study traces the evolution of right-wing extremism, conceptualized as latent electoral support for extreme right-wing parties (i.e., vote intention), in six Western European countries (i.e., Belgium, France, the Netherlands, West Germany, Denmark, and Italy) between 1984 and 1993. Employing a pooled time-series cross-sectional research design, the author examines the relative strength of three popular explanations of contemporary rightwing extremism: the impact of economic conditions (unemployment and inflation), social developments (immigration), and political trends (public's dissatisfaction with the political regime). Evidence is presented in support of the last two explanations. Rising levels of immigration and public dissatisfaction with the political regime significantly facilitate right-wing extremism. Contrary to the initial hypothesis however, results suggest that a declining national economy (unemployment in particular) diminishes the electoral appeal of extreme right-wing parties.

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The ecological correlates of right–wing extremism in Western Europe

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1998

European J Political Res

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“…Recent studies on far right-wing parties in Europe include, for example, Arzheimer (2008) and Oesch (2008). Westle and Niedermayer (1992), Lubbers and Scheepers (2000), and Siedler (2011) draw special attention to right-wing extremist parties in Germany.…”

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Job Loss Fears and (Extremist) Party Identification: First Evidence from Panel Data

Geishecker

Siedler

2012

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. www.econstor.eu The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn is a local and virtual international research center and a place of communication between science, politics and business. IZA is an independent nonprofit organization supported by Deutsche Post Foundation. The center is associated with the University of Bonn and offers a stimulating research environment through its international network, workshops and conferences, data service, project support, research visits and doctoral program. IZA engages in (i) original and internationally competitive research in all fields of labor economics, (ii) development of policy concepts, and (iii) dissemination of research results and concepts to the interested public. Terms of use: Documents in D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E SIZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author. There is a large body of literature analyzing the relationship between objective economic conditions and voting behavior, but there is very little evidence of how perceived economic insecurity impacts on political preferences. Using seventeen years of household panel data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we examine whether job loss fears impact on individuals' party identification. Consistent with the deprivation theory, we find strong and robust evidence that subjective job loss fears foster affinity for parties at the far right-wing of the political spectrum. The effects are broadly comparable in direction and magnitude with the ones from objective unemployment and being out of the labor force. However, our empirical estimates do not suggest that job loss fears result in people withdrawing their support from political parties altogether or increasingly identify with extremist left-wing parties.JEL Classification: J01, J63, P16

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Job Loss Fears and (Extreme) Party Identification: First Evidence from Panel Data

Geishecker

Siedler

2011

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractThere is a large body of literature analyzing the relationship between objective economic conditions and voting behavior, but there is very little evidence of how perceived economic insecurity impacts on political preferences. Using seventeen years of household panel data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we examine whether job loss fears impact on individuals' party identification. Consistent with rational choice theory, we find strong and robust evidence that job loss fears foster affinity for parties at the far right-wing of the political spectrum. However, our empirical estimates do not suggest that job loss fears result in people withdrawing their support from political parties altogether.Keywords: Job insecurity, party identification, prospective voting, economic worries JEL Classification: J01, C23 * Geishecker: Georg-August University Göttingen, Department of Economics, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 3, 37073 Göttingen, Germany (e-mail: Ingo.Geishecker@wiwi.uni-goettingen.de); Siedler: German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), Mohrenstraße 58, 10117 Berlin, Germany (e-mail: tsiedler@diw.de). We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

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Contemporary right‐wing extremism in West Germany

Cited by 43 publications

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The ecological correlates of right–wing extremism in Western Europe

The ecological correlates of right–wing extremism in Western Europe

Job Loss Fears and (Extremist) Party Identification: First Evidence from Panel Data

Job Loss Fears and (Extreme) Party Identification: First Evidence from Panel Data

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