Unit:
Deparment of Political Science & Public AdministrationLibrary of the Faculties of Political Science and Public Administration, Communication and Mass Media Studies, Turkish and Modern Asian Studies, Sociology
Supervisors info:
Λαμπρινή Ρόρη, Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Πολιτικής Επιστήμης και Δημόσιας Διοίκησης, Σχολή Οικονομικών και Πολιτικών Επιστημών, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Η συσχέτιση πολιτικής προσφοράς και εκλογικής ζήτησης στην περίπτωση της ελληνικής Άκρας Δεξιάς: από την "Πολιτική Άνοιξη" ως την "Ελληνική Λύση" (1993-2019)
Translated title:
The correlation between political supply and political demand in the case of the Greek far-right: from "Political Spring" to "Greek Solution" (1993-2019)
Summary:
The resurgence of far-right parties in the Western world following the collapse of fascist-Nazi movements, primarily since the 1990s, has extensively concerned the academic community.
From the two main interpretive frameworks used to study the phenomenon – the political supply and the political demand – this paper follows the first one and examines the correlation between official party discourse and electoral percentages at the national level of the major far-right political formations in Greece from the emergence of the "third wave", from the early 1990s to the 2019 parliamentary elections. The themes studied relate to right-wing issue ownership or agenda (economic protectionism, welfare chauvinism, cultural superiority of the Greek nation, anti-immigrant sentiment, and Euroscepticism), while the data are mainly drawn from the Comparative Manifesto Project (CMP) database. The objects of study are New Democracy (ND) as the main center-right pole, as well as Political Spring (POL.AN.), Popular Orthodox Rally (LA.OS.), Golden Dawn (G.D.), Independent Greeks (AN.EL.), and Greek Solution (E.L.) as actors of the far-right in the political spectrum.
The research provides partial confirmation of the hypotheses, while also highlighting the significance of broader political conditions in shaping party rhetoric and, consequently, voter preference.
Main subject category:
Social, Political and Economic sciences
Keywords:
Far-right, elections, issue ownership, economic protectionism, welfare chauvinism, cultural superiority, anti-immigrant sentiment, Euroscepticism
Number of references:
138
