Social Identity and Working Class Support for the Populist Radical Right
From Economic and Political Distress to Cultural Grievances
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 19 March 2025
- ISBN 9780198953074
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages256 pages
- Size 242x162x18 mm
- Weight 534 g
- Language English 588
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Short description:
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.
MoreLong description:
Why are blue-collar workers increasingly supporting the populist radical right in Western Europe? Previous explanations for this phenomenon suggest that it is the result of their economic and cultural grievances and their general discontent towards the political system. Social Identity and Working Class Support for the Populist Radical Right argues that these explanations are unable to account for why the working class - despite their deteriorating economic position in recent decades - would prefer to vote for a party family that they agree with more on cultural issues (the populist radical right) than economic issues (the populist radical or mainstream left).
To explain this puzzle, the book develops a theory utilizing the literature on social identity. It 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 by strengthening these workers' national identity and thus also the salience they place on cultural issues. Castater and Han's analysis suggests that if governing parties desire to reduce support for the populist radical right, they should incorporate labour organizations into the welfare state reform process, enact economic policies that improve the well-being of a broad swath of the working class, and reduce the types of economic inequality that most affect blue-collar workers.
Table of Contents:
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Populist Radical Right-wing Parties and the Working Class
A Social Identity Approach to Blue-Collar Worker Support for the Populist Radical Right
The Policymaking Process: Economic Reforms and Support for the Populist Radical Right
Policy Outputs: Labour Policies and Support for the Populist Radical Right
Policy Outcomes: Economic Inequality and Support for the Populist Radical Right
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
