Political Conflict in Western Europe

By Johannes A.A.M. van Gorp. 2013

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Cleavage theory meets Europe’s crises: Lipset, Rokkan, and the transnational cleavage (2018, background): “In much of Europe the crises have reinforced a new transnational cleavage that has at its core a cultural conflict pitting libertarian, universalistic values against the defense of nationalism and particularism (Bornschier and Kriesi 2012; Golder 2016: 488; Höglinger 2016).”
The appeal of nostalgia: the influence of societal pessimism on support for populist radical right parties (2018, background): “PRR voters often work in particular sectors and occupations (Oesch 2008), generally have lower levels of education (Ivarsflaten and Stubager 2012), and are more often the ‘losers of globalisation’ (Kriesi et al. 2008, 2012).”
The Trade Origins of Economic Nationalism: Import Competition and Voting Behavior in Western Europe (2018, background): “Globalization losers seem less irritated by the orthodox economic stances of the right than by the multicultural positions of the left (Kriesi et al. 2012, 247).”
The Brexit vote: a divided nation, a divided continent (2016, background): “Moreover, a growing literature has shown that a divide has emerged between the so-called winners and losers of globalization and that these groups have coherent and distinct attitudinal positions towards issues such as international co-operation, European integration and immigration (e.g., Azmanova ”