Isolating the radical right : coalition formation and policy adaptation in Sweden / Anders Backlund.

• Why are some radical right parties included in government coalitions, while others are isolated from political cooperation through a cordon sanitaire? This book addresses this question through a study of how mainstream parties in Sweden have responded to the challenge of a radical right party: the Sweden Democrats. Sweden has been a puzzling case both in a comparative European perspective and in light of established theories of party competition. Rather than co-opting the restrictive immigration policies of the Sweden Democrats, the Swedish mainstream parties jointly converged on liberal policies. Despite their infuential position in parliament, moreover, the Sweden Democrats have been systematically excluded from government formation. This book argues that we need not invoke the idea of qualitatively different ‘pariah’ parties in order to make sense of such isolation of the radical right. Instead, it can be explained in terms of the strategic incentives of rival parties engaged in the pursuit of policy, office, and votes. 

Ämnesord

Regeringsbildning  (sao)

Koalitioner  (sao)

Politiska partier  (sao)

Political parties  (LCSH)

Sverige  (sao)

2000-talet  (sao)

Institutionsnamn

Sverigedemokraterna

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

radical right

mainstream parties

pariah parties

anti-system parties

cordon sanitaire

party strategy

government formation

anti-pacts

coalition theory

spatial theories of party competition

policy co-optation

policy dimensionality

Sweden Democrats

Sweden

Sverigedemokraterna

högerradikala partier

pariapartier

anti-systempartier

partistrategi

regeringsbildning

koalitionsteori

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