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Title: | From dusk to dawn: Local party organization and party success of right-wing extremism |
Authors: | Dinas, Elias Georgiadou, Vassiliki Konstantinidis, Iannis Rori, Lamprini |
Type: | Article |
Subjects: | FRASCATI::Social sciences FRASCATI::Social sciences |
Keywords: | Right-wing extremism grassroots activity Greece political opportunity new party success |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
Publisher: | Sage |
Source: | Party Politics |
Volume: | 22 |
Issue: | 1 |
First Page: | 80 |
Last Page: | 92 |
Abstract: | A marginal racist organization, Golden Dawn, managed to attract first the votes of almost one out of 14 Greek voters and then global media and public attention. How did an extreme right groupuscule invade the political terrain of an EU-10 member state? Existing attempts to account for this phenomenon point to demand-side explanations, related to the political turmoil that followed the notorious debt crisis and the accompanying austeritymeasures. These explanations, however, fail to account for the genesis of this trajectory.We delve into this exact question, focusing on the election that marked the emergence of the Golden Dawn and permitted further electoral penetration. Combining qualitative and quantitativemethods, we show that the party took advantage of favourable political circumstances developing a grassroots network of protection that helped it enter the central political arena. |
URI: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068813511381 https://ruomo.lib.uom.gr/handle/7000/532 |
ISSN: | 1354-0688 1460-3683 |
Other Identifiers: | 10.1177/1354068813511381 |
Appears in Collections: | Department of International and European Studies |
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Dusk to Dawn_Tables.pdf | Tables | 30,61 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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