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Mainstream Parties reacting to Right-Wing Populism: An analysis of final speeches during the 2017 federal elections in Germany

Schaake, Katharina LU (2018) STVM23 20181
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Right-wing populist parties are on the rise all over Europe. While academia pays a lot of attention to well-established populist parties in France, Austria and Italy, new competitors such as the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) in Germany are mostly disregarded. Specifically, the impact those new parties have before entering power on a federal level has been neglected. The present research concentrates on the impact of the AfD on mainstream parties in the 2017 federal elections. By further developing the modified spatial theory by Meguid, an analysis of German mainstream parties (CDU/CSU, SPD, BÜNDNIS ’90 DIE GRÜNEN, FDP, DIE LINKE) and a niche party (AfD) will be enabled. Subsequently, a Qualitative Content Analysis of the final speeches... (More)
Right-wing populist parties are on the rise all over Europe. While academia pays a lot of attention to well-established populist parties in France, Austria and Italy, new competitors such as the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) in Germany are mostly disregarded. Specifically, the impact those new parties have before entering power on a federal level has been neglected. The present research concentrates on the impact of the AfD on mainstream parties in the 2017 federal elections. By further developing the modified spatial theory by Meguid, an analysis of German mainstream parties (CDU/CSU, SPD, BÜNDNIS ’90 DIE GRÜNEN, FDP, DIE LINKE) and a niche party (AfD) will be enabled. Subsequently, a Qualitative Content Analysis of the final speeches held by the mainstream parties during the 2017 national election campaign will be executed. A dismissive, accommodative or adversarial strategy towards the newly emerging niche party will be identified for each mainstream party. Conclusions will be drawn on the implications of a niche party’s impact on mainstream parties. (Less)
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author
Schaake, Katharina LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVM23 20181
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Party competition, spatial theory, populism, Germany, final speeches, national elections, election campaigns, mainstream parties, niche parties, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)
language
English
id
8940278
date added to LUP
2018-08-22 08:21:14
date last changed
2018-08-22 08:21:14
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  abstract     = {{Right-wing populist parties are on the rise all over Europe. While academia pays a lot of attention to well-established populist parties in France, Austria and Italy, new competitors such as the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) in Germany are mostly disregarded. Specifically, the impact those new parties have before entering power on a federal level has been neglected. The present research concentrates on the impact of the AfD on mainstream parties in the 2017 federal elections. By further developing the modified spatial theory by Meguid, an analysis of German mainstream parties (CDU/CSU, SPD, BÜNDNIS ’90 DIE GRÜNEN, FDP, DIE LINKE) and a niche party (AfD) will be enabled. Subsequently, a Qualitative Content Analysis of the final speeches held by the mainstream parties during the 2017 national election campaign will be executed. A dismissive, accommodative or adversarial strategy towards the newly emerging niche party will be identified for each mainstream party. Conclusions will be drawn on the implications of a niche party’s impact on mainstream parties.}},
  author       = {{Schaake, Katharina}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Mainstream Parties reacting to Right-Wing Populism: An analysis of final speeches during the 2017 federal elections in Germany}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}