The impact of radical right parties in the Baltic states

Auers, Daunis; Kasekamp, Andres

doi:10.4324/9781315730578-7

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“…The two parties formed an electoral alliance, the "National Alliance", launching a common list in the 2010 parliamentary elections, and merged into one party just before the 2011 parliamentary elections. Relying on the above conceptualization of PRRPs, provided by Mudde, Daunis Auers and Andres Kasekamp argued persuasively that the NA display not only nativist and authoritarian but also populist traits [10,11]. This article agrees with the classification of the NA as a PRRP.…”

Section: Literature Review: Populist Radical Right Parties and Their mentioning

confidence: 52%

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The Environment and Populist Radical Right in Eastern Europe: The Case of National Alliance 2010–2018

Henriksson

2020

Sustainability

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Although the literature on populist radical right parties (PRRP) in Western and Eastern Europe has expanded considerably in the last two decades, relatively little is known about the views on nature and the environment of the PRRP in Eastern Europe. This study focuses on the Latvian PRRP “National Alliance” (NA), which has not only been a coalition government partner since 2011, but occupied a ministerial post tasked with environmental policy from 2014 to 2019. This article examines how the NA viewed nature, the environment, and governance for sustainability in the period 2010–2018, and more specifically, whether and to what extent the NA’s vision of nature and the environment was compatible with its sustainable development position. The study employs qualitative content analysis examining the official party literature. The results indicate that the party’s vision embraced the sustainable development position in its declaratory statements on nature and environmental policy. The NA’s views on governance for sustainability demonstrate a strong statist preference, downplaying more participatory approaches, thus departing from the sustainable development governance position.

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Section: Literature Review: Populist Radical Right Parties and Their mentioning

confidence: 52%

“…First, from a perspective of the wider population of PRRP, the East European PRRPs have generally received less attention. The Baltic PRRP and their visions of nature and environment have received even less attention; however, see [10,11]. In short, this paper seeks to remedy the skew in the existing literature.…”

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The Environment and Populist Radical Right in Eastern Europe: The Case of National Alliance 2010–2018

Henriksson

2020

Sustainability

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“…Bale and Dunphy 2011; Minkenberg 2013; see also Warwick 1996). Hence, radical right parties govern with (or support) mainstream right parties, as in, for example, Latvia (2011–14, see Auers and Kasekamp 2015) and Norway (2013–, see Jupskås 2016), and radical left parties govern with – or support – mainstream left parties, as in Denmark (2011–14, see Christensen 2010) or Italy (1996–98, see Newell 2010). Accordingly, I expect: if a centre-right (centre-left) party leads the government, the radical right (left) party will gain access to it .…”

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How Do They Get In? Radical Parties and Government Participation in European Democracies

Fagerholm

2019

Gov. & oppos.

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Despite their alleged anti-systemness and ‘non-coalitionability’, radical right and radical left parties have, since the early 1990s, both supported and entered coalition governments in a number of European liberal democracies. Using the classical ‘size and ideology’ framework, this study sets out to examine how – or, put differently, under what circumstances – radical right and radical left parties are able to overcome the obstacles associated with governing and enter coalition governments. Inspired by previous observations regarding the complex and multicausal nature of radical government participation, the study relies on a configurational method. By means of a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) of 37 radical parties at 207 coalition formation instances in 22 (Western and Central and Eastern) European countries, the article sheds light on different paths that lead to government inclusion (and exclusion) of radical actors. The empirical evidence indicates that electoral success in combination with a fairly similar policy position to a weak prime minister party is sufficient for government inclusion. The paths to government exclusion, by contrast, underline the importance of ideological distance in combination with size-related factors.

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“…83 The urgent necessity to repair the physical damage and reverse the psychological trauma inflicted on the Baltic nations during the Soviet era is repeatedly stressed by EKRE and its allied parties in the Baltic States. 84 In the text of the "Bauska Declaration," signed jointly by EKRE, Latvia's National Alliance, and Lithuania's Nationalists' Union (2013), it is stated that "we stand firm to the demand of compensations for occupation by Soviet Communist regime … acknowledgement of the occupation and full compensation for it should serve as a guarantee against any other occupation and aggression to recur. "…”

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Identity Politics and Right-Wing Populism in Estonia: The Case of EKRE

Petsinis

2019

Nationalism and Ethnic Politics

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This case study focuses on Estonia and introduces the populist and radical right-wing party of EKRE (Eesti Konservatiivne Rahvaerakond/Estonian Conservative People's Party). It demonstrates that EKRE's employment of identity politics over the refugee question and immigration is embedded inside the pre-existing frame of Estonian restoration and "decolonization" nationalism. The party's campaign over the refugee question and immigration interlinks the collective memories of "colonization" under the Soviets with the collective anxieties of becoming "colonized" again by others in the future. This sociopsychological strategy has facilitated EKRE in augmenting its public appeal and consolidating its status as a potent actor in Estonian politics.

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The impact of radical right parties in the Baltic states

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Identity Politics and Right-Wing Populism in Estonia: The Case of EKRE

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