TY - JOUR
T1 - European Integration and the Radical Right
T2 - Three Patterns of Opposition
AU - Vasilopoulou, Sofia
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - This article argues that radical right parties can be seen as displaying three patterns of opposition towards European integration: rejecting, conditional and compromising. These three patterns are identified through the careful examination of party attitudes on four different aspects related to European integration and the EU. These include the idea of a common identity of European peoples, the principle of cooperation at a European multilateral level, the EU policy practice and the desire to build a future European polity. In light of this conceptualization of radical right opposition to European integration, the article conducts a qualitative analysis of party literature of 12 radical right parties from 10 European countries during the latter part of the 2000s.
AB - This article argues that radical right parties can be seen as displaying three patterns of opposition towards European integration: rejecting, conditional and compromising. These three patterns are identified through the careful examination of party attitudes on four different aspects related to European integration and the EU. These include the idea of a common identity of European peoples, the principle of cooperation at a European multilateral level, the EU policy practice and the desire to build a future European polity. In light of this conceptualization of radical right opposition to European integration, the article conducts a qualitative analysis of party literature of 12 radical right parties from 10 European countries during the latter part of the 2000s.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1477-7053.2010.01337.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1477-7053.2010.01337.x
M3 - Article
SN - 0017-257X
VL - 46
SP - 223
EP - 244
JO - Government and opposition
JF - Government and opposition
IS - 2
ER -