Just a Shadow? The Role of Radical Right Parties in the Politicization of Immigration, 1995-2009

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Meyer, Sarah; Rosenberger, Sieglinde

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Abstract	The paper explores the role of radical right parties in the politicization of immigration. In scholarly literature, radical right parties are viewed as the owners of the immigration issue and as drivers of its politicization. Against this prevalent view, we argue that the significance of radical right parties in politicizing immigration is overrated: (1) Radical right parties only play a subordinate role in the politicization of immigration, whereas the contribution of mainstream parties to raising issue salience has been underestimated; (2) the politicization of immigration is not related to radical right strength in the party system. The findings are based on media data from a comparative project on public claims-making on immigration in Western European countries (SOM, Support and Opposition to Migration). We discuss our findings in comparison to the relevant literature and suggest avenues for further research.
Thesaurusschlagwörter	immigration; migration; politicization; populism; political right; right-wing extremist party; immigration policy; Western Europe
Klassifikation	politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur; Migration
Sprache Dokument	Englisch
Publikationsjahr	2015
Seitenangabe	S. 1-17
Zeitschriftentitel	Politics and Governance, 3 (2015) 2
ISSN	2183-2463
Status	Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz	Creative Commons - Namensnennung