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  1. 1. The Swedish Political Mainstream in Crisis: In The Light of Radical Right-Wing Populism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ida Seirup; [2023]
    Keywords : Radical right-wing populism; mainstream party strategy; party competition; issue-ownership; immigration; social-investment policy; social-consumption policy; multiculturalism; PSO-theory; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The rise of radical right-wing populism in Western Europe has severely altered the political landscape during the last decade, and mainstream parties, from left to right, are struggling to employ strategies preventing voters from deserting to the radical right. In this thesis, I examine two mainstream parties in the context of Sweden, the Social Democratic party (S), and the Moderate party (M), to learn what strategies the parties have applied in the light of rising radical right-wing populism, relating to two issue-dimensions: the socio-cultural and the socio-economic. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Rise of the Issue of Law and Order in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Bianca Cattermole; [2023]
    Keywords : Law and order; Sweden; Sweden Democrats; Social Democrats; Moderates; Issue competition; Issue salience; Issue ownership; PSO-theory; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In recent times there has been a general trend of shifting party competition, with new issues being brought to the foreground. Sweden has undergone multiple changes, both societal and political, paving the way for the issue of law and order to emerge. READ MORE

  4. 3. Clothes Trading and Issue Ownership, a Strategic Countermove : A case study about Hungary; Fidesz’s intrusion into the Far-right

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Statsvetenskap

    Author : Edvin Tomas Jernstedt; [2019]
    Keywords : Party strategies; PSO-theory; Fidesz; Jobbik; far-right; clothes trading;

    Abstract : This research touches the basics of a clothes-trading process. The process occurs as an outsideparty is being politically absorbed by a mainstream party which aim is to oust the smaller party from the electoral arena. READ MORE