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The Radical Right in Japan and Sweden

Hedlund, Felix LU and Thyselius, Åke LU (2026) STVA23 20252
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The Radical Right has seen a rise across Europe and the Americas. With parties positioning themselves against pre established political parties and structures. The issue of migration has become a central theme in political debates and policy with the radical right parties positioning themselves as anti-immigration parties. There have been claims that the radical right is growing in Japan as well, a country with very limited immigration and outside the traditional landscape of comparisons when it comes to the radical right. The question we examine in this paper is how Sanseito compares to a European radical right party like the Sweden Democrats, in particular, their stance on migration and nativist policy. This paper aims to contribute to... (More)
The Radical Right has seen a rise across Europe and the Americas. With parties positioning themselves against pre established political parties and structures. The issue of migration has become a central theme in political debates and policy with the radical right parties positioning themselves as anti-immigration parties. There have been claims that the radical right is growing in Japan as well, a country with very limited immigration and outside the traditional landscape of comparisons when it comes to the radical right. The question we examine in this paper is how Sanseito compares to a European radical right party like the Sweden Democrats, in particular, their stance on migration and nativist policy. This paper aims to contribute to the field of comparisons of political countries of east asia and the traditional “western” political world. (Less)
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author
Hedlund, Felix LU and Thyselius, Åke LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
An comparative analysis of the immigration policy of Sanseito and the Sweden Democrats
course
STVA23 20252
year
type
L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
subject
keywords
Radical Right, Sanseito, Sweden Democrats, Immigration, Nativism
language
English
id
9217885
date added to LUP
2026-01-26 16:49:34
date last changed
2026-01-26 16:49:34
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  abstract     = {{The Radical Right has seen a rise across Europe and the Americas. With parties positioning themselves against pre established political parties and structures. The issue of migration has become a central theme in political debates and policy with the radical right parties positioning themselves as anti-immigration parties. There have been claims that the radical right is growing in Japan as well, a country with very limited immigration and outside the traditional landscape of comparisons when it comes to the radical right. The question we examine in this paper is how Sanseito compares to a European radical right party like the Sweden Democrats, in particular, their stance on migration and nativist policy. This paper aims to contribute to the field of comparisons of political countries of east asia and the traditional “western” political world.}},
  author       = {{Hedlund, Felix and Thyselius, Åke}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The Radical Right in Japan and Sweden}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}