Impact of extreme right parties on immigration policy : comparing Britain, France and Italy / João Carvalho.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carvalho, João Miguel Duarte de

Series:

Routledge studies in extremism and democracy. Routledge research in extremism and democracy ; 20.

Routledge studies in extremism and democracy. Routledge research in extremism and democracy ; 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration.

Government policy.

Right-wing extremists.

Right and left (Political science).

Europe--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--Case studies.

Europe.

Right and left (Political science)--Europe--Case studies.

Right-wing extremists--Europe--Case studies.

Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Great Britain.

France--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

France.

Italy--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Italy.

British National Party (1982- ).

Front national (France : 1972- ).

Lega nord.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xix, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2014.

Summary:

"Drawing on a mixed research methodology with a strong qualitative character, this book traces the political impact of the British National Party in the UK, the Front National in France and the Lega Nord in Italy by exploring their contagion effects on immigration politics and policy in particular over the patterns of inter-party competition, public behaviour and policy developments.This book suggests that extreme right party impact on immigration politics and policy is an outcome of the extreme right parties' electoral threats to established parties alongside the agency of mainstream political elites. It also highlights the decline in the intensity of extreme right parties' contagion effects on public attitudes to immigration throughout the late 2000s or the potential overstatement of this political process in the past.Featuring detailed case studies of the UK, France and Italy as three mature multi-party democracies where the extreme right was on the rise during the past decade, this work will be of great interest to students and scholars of populism, extremism, European politics and comparative and party politics"-- Provided by publisher.

"This book focuses on the political impact of extreme-right parties on immigration politics and policy"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415814041

0415814049

OCLC:

824334725