Ett ideologiskt möte? - Sverigedemokraterna och Moderaterna mot Tidöavtalet
(2024) STVK02 20241Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- When The Swedish Democrats entered The Swedish parliament in 2010 they were met with both political and policy isolation from the established political parties including the Moderates, the largest mainstream right wing party. However, after the general election of 2022 The Swedish Democrats were invited to become a junior coalition partner following the trend of other European countries of mainstream right parties relying on populist radical right parties to form a ruling government.
The change in treatment of the course of these elections and the signing and content of Tidöavtalet in itself indicates that a ideological, or at least policy convergence, have occurred between the two parties. The development of the Mainstream right... (More) - When The Swedish Democrats entered The Swedish parliament in 2010 they were met with both political and policy isolation from the established political parties including the Moderates, the largest mainstream right wing party. However, after the general election of 2022 The Swedish Democrats were invited to become a junior coalition partner following the trend of other European countries of mainstream right parties relying on populist radical right parties to form a ruling government.
The change in treatment of the course of these elections and the signing and content of Tidöavtalet in itself indicates that a ideological, or at least policy convergence, have occurred between the two parties. The development of the Mainstream right approaching the Populist radical right on immigration and integration as a strategy of dealing with a niche party contender has support in the literature. It is unclear how this rapprochement has looked like, and to what degree ideological convergence has occurred.
By understanding the main ideological strains of the populist radical right; nativism and authoritarianism as a number of likely policy positions, this paper has the ambition to describe ideological convergence as a relevant development of the Swedish party system over the last years.
By studying primary party literature this paper has found that the Swedish Democrats of 2022 are likely the most radical version yet, however marginally thinner in its nativstic character. The Moderates have changed drastically in a number of indicators of nativist ideology indicating significant change in strategy and policy realignment. However, the indicators are rather few, and mostly centred around asylum, citizenship issues and social rights of migrants indicating that broad nativism adoption has not occurred. The findings regarding authorarianism show some congruence. The view on the gang violence crisis and “The Shadow Society” is shared by the parties connecting these to earlier governments´ immigration policy failure. While both parties support increased significant police powers The Moderates are not solely focused on increased penalties for criminal conduct, indicating a non-radical position. (Less)
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- author
- Nyström, Henrik LU
- supervisor
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- Mats Fred LU
- organization
- course
- STVK02 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- nativism, authoritarianism, radical, mainstream, convergence
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9171568
- date added to LUP
- 2024-10-01 11:13:43
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- 2024-10-01 11:13:43
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abstract = {{When The Swedish Democrats entered The Swedish parliament in 2010 they were met with both political and policy isolation from the established political parties including the Moderates, the largest mainstream right wing party. However, after the general election of 2022 The Swedish Democrats were invited to become a junior coalition partner following the trend of other European countries of mainstream right parties relying on populist radical right parties to form a ruling government.
The change in treatment of the course of these elections and the signing and content of Tidöavtalet in itself indicates that a ideological, or at least policy convergence, have occurred between the two parties. The development of the Mainstream right approaching the Populist radical right on immigration and integration as a strategy of dealing with a niche party contender has support in the literature. It is unclear how this rapprochement has looked like, and to what degree ideological convergence has occurred.
By understanding the main ideological strains of the populist radical right; nativism and authoritarianism as a number of likely policy positions, this paper has the ambition to describe ideological convergence as a relevant development of the Swedish party system over the last years.
By studying primary party literature this paper has found that the Swedish Democrats of 2022 are likely the most radical version yet, however marginally thinner in its nativstic character. The Moderates have changed drastically in a number of indicators of nativist ideology indicating significant change in strategy and policy realignment. However, the indicators are rather few, and mostly centred around asylum, citizenship issues and social rights of migrants indicating that broad nativism adoption has not occurred. The findings regarding authorarianism show some congruence. The view on the gang violence crisis and “The Shadow Society” is shared by the parties connecting these to earlier governments´ immigration policy failure. While both parties support increased significant police powers The Moderates are not solely focused on increased penalties for criminal conduct, indicating a non-radical position.}},
author = {{Nyström, Henrik}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Ett ideologiskt möte? - Sverigedemokraterna och Moderaterna mot Tidöavtalet}},
year = {{2024}},
}