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Accommodation och affektiv polarisering på elitnivå - En teoriprövande och teoriutvecklande studie av vänsterorienterade mainstreampartiers relation till invandringskritiska nischpartier

Robach, Birger LU (2024) STVK04 20232
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Is it possible for a left-wing mainstream party to use the strategy Accommodation against an anti immigrant niche party, at the same time as its leaders experiences Affective Polarizing against the same party? A coexistence might seem incompatible, since Accommodation describes how a party decreases the policy differences to another party, while Affective Polarization on elite level captures the negative emotional attitude and distance to another party. Drawing on Meguids theory of Accommodation, and previous research on Affective Polarization on elite level, I examine the possibility of coexistence of the two phenomena in a qualitative and theory-developing case study of the Swedish Social Democratic party’s (Socialdemokraterna) relation... (More)
Is it possible for a left-wing mainstream party to use the strategy Accommodation against an anti immigrant niche party, at the same time as its leaders experiences Affective Polarizing against the same party? A coexistence might seem incompatible, since Accommodation describes how a party decreases the policy differences to another party, while Affective Polarization on elite level captures the negative emotional attitude and distance to another party. Drawing on Meguids theory of Accommodation, and previous research on Affective Polarization on elite level, I examine the possibility of coexistence of the two phenomena in a qualitative and theory-developing case study of the Swedish Social Democratic party’s (Socialdemokraterna) relation to the Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna) 2010-2022. By comparing immigration policies expressed in the two parties election manifestos, as well as analyzing affective polarization ques in the Swedish Social Democratic party’s elections speeches, this study proves that the two phenomena can coexist. The result contributes to the literature on Accommodation theory as well as Affective Polarization theory. (Less)
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author
Robach, Birger LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK04 20232
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Accommodation, Affective Polarization, Affektiv polarisering, Affektiv polarisering på elitnivå, Policy convergence, Partikonkurrens, Party behaviour, Socialdemokraterna, Sverigedemokraterna
language
Swedish
id
9143647
date added to LUP
2024-03-12 15:15:06
date last changed
2024-03-12 15:15:06
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  abstract     = {{Is it possible for a left-wing mainstream party to use the strategy Accommodation against an anti immigrant niche party, at the same time as its leaders experiences Affective Polarizing against the same party? A coexistence might seem incompatible, since Accommodation describes how a party decreases the policy differences to another party, while Affective Polarization on elite level captures the negative emotional attitude and distance to another party. Drawing on Meguids theory of Accommodation, and previous research on Affective Polarization on elite level, I examine the possibility of coexistence of the two phenomena in a qualitative and theory-developing case study of the Swedish Social Democratic party’s (Socialdemokraterna) relation to the Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna) 2010-2022. By comparing immigration policies expressed in the two parties election manifestos, as well as analyzing affective polarization ques in the Swedish Social Democratic party’s elections speeches, this study proves that the two phenomena can coexist. The result contributes to the literature on Accommodation theory as well as Affective Polarization theory.}},
  author       = {{Robach, Birger}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Accommodation och affektiv polarisering på elitnivå - En teoriprövande och teoriutvecklande studie av vänsterorienterade mainstreampartiers relation till invandringskritiska nischpartier}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}