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Patana, Pauliina
Roberts, Kenneth
Kuo, Alexander
Way, Christopher Robert
Tarrow, Sidney G.
2021-03-12T17:42:52Z
2021-08-27T06:00:11Z
2020-08
ProQuest Submission ID: 12162
ProQuest Publication ID: 28086440
https://hdl.handle.net/1813/103090
https://doi.org/10.7298/nn7x-e196
13277683
301 pages
What explains variation in populist radical right (PRR) support within Western democracies? Counterintuitively, and against both the popular narrative and prior research, PRR parties are often and increasingly stronger in areas seemingly removed from their key programmatic issues related to immigration and the effects of growing international economic and political integration. To explain this puzzle, I articulate a theory of residential constraints as a key driver of PRR support. I hypothesize that when citizens’ means of reacting to local conditions or “voting with their feet” are blocked, they are more likely to support PRR parties. Within a comparative, cross-national “most-different-systems” framework of Finland and France, I use a multi-method research design and exploit both quantitative and qualitative evidence to test this claim. I demonstrate that the PRR performs well in areas where access to services and opportunities are compromised, where locals are more residentially constrained, and where opportunities and incentives to relocate are blocked by economic considerations.
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Comparative Politics
Political Behavior
Political Economy
Political Geography
Political Parties
Populist Radical Right
Residential Constraints and the Political Geography of the Populist Radical Right
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Ph. D., Government
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Patana, Pauliina
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