Essays about: "mainstream party"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 38 essays containing the words mainstream party.
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11. Politics, problems, and populism : A study of the Swedish general policy debateson migration policy in 2010–2018
University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskapAbstract : In 2010, the populist radical right party the Sweden Democrats were voted into the Swedish parliament, which rattled the mainstream parties. The Sweden Democrats’ stance on migration policy was clear from the start, with their MPs promoting a radical decrease, if not a complete stop, to all immigration. READ MORE
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12. MAINSTREAMING THE FARRIGHT: The Use of Anti-Migrant Frames in Sweden and France
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis explores the mainstreaming of far-right anti-migrant frames in Sweden and France. Using a qualitative approach combining frame theory and supplementary data from publicly available sources, the thesis documents when three anti-migrant frames transferred from the political manifestos of far-right to center and center-right political parties across three elections. READ MORE
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13. HOW NICHE PARTIES CAN CHANGE MAINSTREAM PARTY STRATEGIES A quantitative content analysis of local parties
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to analyse how niche parties influence mainstream parties’ strategies on the local level. The municipal election of Gothenburg 2018 is used as the case for the study. As material, the thesis used budget directives presented in the city council and opinion articles. READ MORE
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14. An arena for effective opposition? : A systematic investigation into political opposition in the European Parliament
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The European Union is suffering from a legitimacy crisis, which thus far has culminated with Great Britain’s decision to exit the union. According to the ‘opposition deficit thesis’, this is caused as there is no arena in which effective opposition can be voiced in the European Union, which forces EU citizens to organise their opposition outside the political system, and often against it. READ MORE
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15. Mainstreaming the Sweden Democrats - mapping changes and continuities in party ideology 1989-2019 through discourse analysis
University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/SociologiAbstract : Much academic literature has explained the success of radical right parties across Europe in the last few decades through the increased importance of the sociocultural, conceptualised as the GAL-TAN, or libertarian-authoritarian, scale. The late rise of the Sweden Democrats, long considered an exception to the rule, as a successful radical right party, has attracted some academic interest and various explanations on what may have caused this sudden success. READ MORE
