Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Diogo Ferrari
Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Political Science, University of California – Riverside, USA
Title: Perceptions, Resentment, Economic Distress, and Support for Right-Wing Populist Parties in Europe
Abstract: Research has demonstrated that resentful emotions toward the politics<em> </em>and perceptions of being culturally and economically threatened by immigration increase support for populist parties in some European countries, and that macro-level economic conditions engender those perceptions and emotions and increase populist support. This article reveals that household-level economic conditions also affect perceptions of cultural and economic threat by immigrants. Low- and middle-income populations are more vulnerable to suffer economic distress due to macro-level factors such as import shock, which can increase their resentment toward democracy, and their perceptions that immigration is a cultural and economic threat, therefore increasing the likelihood to vote for populist parties. A mediation analysis using the European Social Survey data from 2002 to 2018 provides evidence for the argument.
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Keywords: economic conditions; economic distress; populism; voting behavior
Journal: Politics and Governance
Pages: 274-287
Volume: 9
Issue: 3
Year: 2021
File-URL: https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/3961
File-Format: text/html 
Handle: RePEc:cog:PoAnGo:v:9:y:2021:i:3:p:274-287