Far right country
(2021) STVK02 20202Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- Why have the Sweden Democrats been so electorally successful in Scania? In order to answer this broad question, will this paper explore the potential effects of demand- and supply-oriented explanations on the Sweden Democrats’ electoral success by comparing two Swedish counties in the 2010 municipal elections. The counties selected for the comparative analysis are Scania and Västra Götaland. The results show that the county in which the Sweden Democrats have earned the highest share of votes is also the county in which the party has had the highest organisational presence. The results further show that the county with the highest share of votes also is the county with the highest share of foreign borns. The results finally indicate that... (More)
- Why have the Sweden Democrats been so electorally successful in Scania? In order to answer this broad question, will this paper explore the potential effects of demand- and supply-oriented explanations on the Sweden Democrats’ electoral success by comparing two Swedish counties in the 2010 municipal elections. The counties selected for the comparative analysis are Scania and Västra Götaland. The results show that the county in which the Sweden Democrats have earned the highest share of votes is also the county in which the party has had the highest organisational presence. The results further show that the county with the highest share of votes also is the county with the highest share of foreign borns. The results finally indicate that the traditional demand and supply oriented explanations have played a major role in explaining why the Sweden Democrats have been so successful in Scania compared to Västra Götaland. (Less)
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- author
- Mahout, Simon LU
- supervisor
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- Maiken Røed LU
- organization
- alternative title
- Understanding the Sweden Democrats’ disproportionately high electoral success in the county of Scania.
- course
- STVK02 20202
- year
- 2021
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Sweden, Scania, far right, populism, Sweden Democrats, demand-side, internal supply-side.
- language
- English
- id
- 9033735
- date added to LUP
- 2021-05-25 12:43:52
- date last changed
- 2021-05-25 12:43:52
@misc{9033735, abstract = {{Why have the Sweden Democrats been so electorally successful in Scania? In order to answer this broad question, will this paper explore the potential effects of demand- and supply-oriented explanations on the Sweden Democrats’ electoral success by comparing two Swedish counties in the 2010 municipal elections. The counties selected for the comparative analysis are Scania and Västra Götaland. The results show that the county in which the Sweden Democrats have earned the highest share of votes is also the county in which the party has had the highest organisational presence. The results further show that the county with the highest share of votes also is the county with the highest share of foreign borns. The results finally indicate that the traditional demand and supply oriented explanations have played a major role in explaining why the Sweden Democrats have been so successful in Scania compared to Västra Götaland.}}, author = {{Mahout, Simon}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Far right country}}, year = {{2021}}, }