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The immigration issue and anti-immigrant party success in Sweden 1970-2006: A deviant case analysis

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Electoral success of anti-immigrant parties varies considerably across Western Europe. This article contributes to research on this important matter by analysing which current theories that accounts for the failure of anti-immigrant parties in one national context, Sweden. It draws on an unusually rich set of data to trace important processes from the 1970s up to 2006. It shows that the failure of anti-immigrant parties is not explained by low citizen demand for anti-immigrant policies. The article does however find clear support for party strategy theories. More specifically, in accordance with important strands of this literature, it is found that a dismissive issue strategy has been effective in reducing support for anti-immigrant parties. There is also support for the expectation that established parties to the right are more inclined to pursue anti-immigrant policies than parties to the left.

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Party Politics

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Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications., 2013

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English

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1354-0688

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Volume 19 Nomor 2, 2013, p. 343-364

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Elections
nationalist parties
Issue advocacy

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