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Invandringskritiska partier i Skandinavien: En statistisk undersökning utifrån ett efterfrågeperspektiv

Stenberg, Jonas LU (2013) STVK01 20122
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The three Scandinavian anti-immigration parties Sweden Democrats, Danish People’s Party and the Norwegian Progress Party all have representation in their respective national assemblies.
A large number of theories are available explaining the success of this party family. My purpose is not to perform a general study but to analyze the effects on the anti-immigration vote from a demand-side perspective. This is done using a logistic regression with data from the European Social Survey.
Earlier studies have overlooked the effect that crime and insecurity could have on the anti-immigration vote. In this study I can show that insecurity related to crime in fact influence the support for anti-immigration parties. This is being linked with the... (More)
The three Scandinavian anti-immigration parties Sweden Democrats, Danish People’s Party and the Norwegian Progress Party all have representation in their respective national assemblies.
A large number of theories are available explaining the success of this party family. My purpose is not to perform a general study but to analyze the effects on the anti-immigration vote from a demand-side perspective. This is done using a logistic regression with data from the European Social Survey.
Earlier studies have overlooked the effect that crime and insecurity could have on the anti-immigration vote. In this study I can show that insecurity related to crime in fact influence the support for anti-immigration parties. This is being linked with the possibility that voters connect immigration and crime in combination with the anti-immigration parties’ strict policy on law and order. The study also finds support for the Ethnic Competition theory and the demand for a populist frame. Further, support is found for the more classic explanation of anti-immigration voting, namely factors such as sex, age and education.
I also argue that the Sweden Democrat’s low election result, relative to their Scandinavian counterparts, is a consequence of the party’s history and that they in time will have the same potential to success as their neighboring parties. (Less)
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author
Stenberg, Jonas LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK01 20122
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Skandinavien, otrygghet, brottslighet, invandringskritiska partier, Sverigedemokraterna
language
Swedish
id
3357944
date added to LUP
2013-02-05 14:34:15
date last changed
2013-02-05 14:34:15
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  abstract     = {{The three Scandinavian anti-immigration parties Sweden Democrats, Danish People’s Party and the Norwegian Progress Party all have representation in their respective national assemblies.
A large number of theories are available explaining the success of this party family. My purpose is not to perform a general study but to analyze the effects on the anti-immigration vote from a demand-side perspective. This is done using a logistic regression with data from the European Social Survey.
Earlier studies have overlooked the effect that crime and insecurity could have on the anti-immigration vote. In this study I can show that insecurity related to crime in fact influence the support for anti-immigration parties. This is being linked with the possibility that voters connect immigration and crime in combination with the anti-immigration parties’ strict policy on law and order. The study also finds support for the Ethnic Competition theory and the demand for a populist frame. Further, support is found for the more classic explanation of anti-immigration voting, namely factors such as sex, age and education.
I also argue that the Sweden Democrat’s low election result, relative to their Scandinavian counterparts, is a consequence of the party’s history and that they in time will have the same potential to success as their neighboring parties.}},
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  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Invandringskritiska partier i Skandinavien: En statistisk undersökning utifrån ett efterfrågeperspektiv}},
  year         = {{2013}},
}