Mini-Conference on Politics in Post-industrial Societies V: Old and New Grievances and the Rising Appeal of Radical Parties

Session Submission Type: Created Panel

Part of Mini-Conference

• Mini-Conference on Politics in Post-industrial Societies

Session Description

Mini-conference “Changing Cleavages, New Grievances: Politics in Post-Industrial Societies”

The fifth panel seeks to understand how radical parties, increasingly influential in the political arena, garner and sustain support and how they benefit from politicizing specific grievances, both old and new. The first two papers apply an economic lens to understanding these patterns: Vlandas examines how class mobility affects far right support across Western Europe, Patana and Mayne examine how changing labor market structures and (in)security generate distinct patterns of radical left and right at the individual and local levels. Bonikowski and Leschke and Krenz advance understandings of the cultural dimensions driving radical right support. Bonikowski sheds light on why the mainstreaming of exclusionary and authoritarian politics has occurred at the present historical juncture and why it has been so widespread across contemporary democracies. Leschke and Krenz then examine the implications of refugee exposure on natives’ voting behaviour and support for radical right parties.

Sub Unit

• Division 11: Comparative Politics

Individual Presentations

• Class Mobility and Far Right Party Support in Western Europe - Tim Vlandas, University of Oxford; Alexi Gugushvili, University of Edinburgh; Daphne Halikiopoulou, University of York

• Left of Right? Labor Market, (In)security, and Radical Party Support - Pauliina Patana, Georgetown University; Quinton Mayne, Harvard University

• A Cultural Model of Radical Right Mobilization - Bart Bonikowski, New York University

• The Refugee Next Door: Explaining Radical Right Voting with Inter-group Exposure - Julia Leschke, European University Institute; Kimon Krenz, University College London

Chair

• Pauliina Patana Georgetown University

Discussant

• Diane Bolet University of Zurich