Normalisering vadå? En studie om hur normalisering av högerpopulistiska partier bör förstås.
(2018) In STVK02 STVK02 20181Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- During the last two decades Europe has witnessed a change in the political landscape. Radical Right Populist Parties have grown increasingly strong in several European countries. In correlation with this change, many people in the public debate claim that these parties have been normalized or are in the process of normalizing, the question is what does normalized mean and how do we measure it? The aim of this study is to examine how normalized Radical Right Populist Parties should be defined. This essay compares the Swedish Democrats and the Danish People's Party by three different indicators: 1) How radical are their voters? 2) How does their manifesto look like? and 3) How do the other parties in their respective political system,... (More)
- During the last two decades Europe has witnessed a change in the political landscape. Radical Right Populist Parties have grown increasingly strong in several European countries. In correlation with this change, many people in the public debate claim that these parties have been normalized or are in the process of normalizing, the question is what does normalized mean and how do we measure it? The aim of this study is to examine how normalized Radical Right Populist Parties should be defined. This essay compares the Swedish Democrats and the Danish People's Party by three different indicators: 1) How radical are their voters? 2) How does their manifesto look like? and 3) How do the other parties in their respective political system, respond to them? By comparing each indicator separately, the paper hopes to crystallize potential differences between the cases in purpose to define normalization. Accordingly, this essay has two goals, one empirical and one theoretical. Empirically, to illustrate the differences between the Swedish Democrats and the Danish People's Party, and theoretically to examine a concrete definition of how normalization should be understood. The overall argument of this paper is that defining whether Radical Right Populist Parties are normalized depends on the social context they are located in, not the party itself. The policy of the Danish People's Party is more radical compared to the Swedish case, and their voters are more radical in terms of supporting the policy. Despite that, the party has gained a stronger social acceptance in Denmark, than the Swedish Democrats have in Sweden. (Less)
- Popular Abstract
- During the last two decades Europe has witnessed a change in the political landscape. Radical Right Populist Parties have grown increasingly strong in several European countries. In correlation with this change, many people in the public debate claim that these parties have been normalized or are in the process of normalizing, the question is what does normalized mean and how do we measure it? The aim of this study is to examine how normalized Radical Right Populist Parties should be defined. This essay compares the Swedish Democrats and the Danish People's Party by three different indicators: 1) How radical are their voters? 2) How does their manifesto look like? and 3) How do the other parties in their respective political system,... (More)
- During the last two decades Europe has witnessed a change in the political landscape. Radical Right Populist Parties have grown increasingly strong in several European countries. In correlation with this change, many people in the public debate claim that these parties have been normalized or are in the process of normalizing, the question is what does normalized mean and how do we measure it? The aim of this study is to examine how normalized Radical Right Populist Parties should be defined. This essay compares the Swedish Democrats and the Danish People's Party by three different indicators: 1) How radical are their voters? 2) How does their manifesto look like? and 3) How do the other parties in their respective political system, respond to them? By comparing each indicator separately, the paper hopes to crystallize potential differences between the cases in purpose to define normalization. Accordingly, this essay has two goals, one empirical and one theoretical. Empirically, to illustrate the differences between the Swedish Democrats and the Danish People's Party, and theoretically to examine a concrete definition of how normalization should be understood. The overall argument of this paper is that defining whether Radical Right Populist Parties are normalized depends on the social context they are located in, not the party itself. The policy of the Danish People's Party is more radical compared to the Swedish case, and their voters are more radical in terms of supporting the policy. Despite that, the party has gained a stronger social acceptance in Denmark, than the Swedish Democrats have in Sweden. (Less)
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- author
- Helenius, Sara LU
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- organization
- course
- STVK02 20181
- year
- 2018
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Nyckelord: Normalisering, högerpopulistiska partier, Sverigedemokraterna, Dansk Folkeparti
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- STVK02
- language
- Swedish
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- 8940474
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abstract = {{During the last two decades Europe has witnessed a change in the political landscape. Radical Right Populist Parties have grown increasingly strong in several European countries. In correlation with this change, many people in the public debate claim that these parties have been normalized or are in the process of normalizing, the question is what does normalized mean and how do we measure it? The aim of this study is to examine how normalized Radical Right Populist Parties should be defined. This essay compares the Swedish Democrats and the Danish People's Party by three different indicators: 1) How radical are their voters? 2) How does their manifesto look like? and 3) How do the other parties in their respective political system, respond to them? By comparing each indicator separately, the paper hopes to crystallize potential differences between the cases in purpose to define normalization. Accordingly, this essay has two goals, one empirical and one theoretical. Empirically, to illustrate the differences between the Swedish Democrats and the Danish People's Party, and theoretically to examine a concrete definition of how normalization should be understood. The overall argument of this paper is that defining whether Radical Right Populist Parties are normalized depends on the social context they are located in, not the party itself. The policy of the Danish People's Party is more radical compared to the Swedish case, and their voters are more radical in terms of supporting the policy. Despite that, the party has gained a stronger social acceptance in Denmark, than the Swedish Democrats have in Sweden.}},
author = {{Helenius, Sara}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
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title = {{Normalisering vadå? En studie om hur normalisering av högerpopulistiska partier bör förstås.}},
year = {{2018}},
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