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Pickard, Harry, Efthyvoulou, Georgios and Bove, Vincenzo (2022) What’s left after right-wing extremism? The effects on political orientation. European Journal of Political Research . doi:10.1111/1475-6765.12538 ISSN 0304-4130. (In Press)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12538
Abstract
Does radical right political violence favour or hinder public support for right-wing stances? Numerous existing studies have demonstrated that Islamic terrorism provokes a conservative shift, increases nationalism and induces negative sentiments towards immigration. However, little is known about the consequences of far-right terrorism, despite its incidence in Western societies. We leverage four waves of the British Election Study (BES) and use a quasi-experimental design to analyse individual political orientations shortly before and after terrorist attacks. We find that respondents distance themselves from the ideology associated with the perpetrator and shift away from ideological positions at the right end of the political spectrum. Furthermore, respondents are less likely to report nationalistic attitudes and immigration skepticism, core tenets of extremist right-wing political ideologies. Our findings suggest that the characteristics of the perpetrators and their driving goals are crucial factors shaping the impact of terrorism on public sentiments.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | European Journal of Political Research | ||||||||
Publisher: | Wiley | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0304-4130 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 2022 | ||||||||
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DOI: | 10.1111/1475-6765.12538 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | In Press | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | "This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: PICKARD, H., EFTHYVOULOU, G. and BOVE, V. (2022), What's left after right-wing extremism? The effects on political orientation. European Journal of Political Research, which has been published in final form athttps://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12538. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited" | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Copyright Holders: | © 2022 The Authors. European Journal of Political Research published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of European Consortium for Political Research | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 23 February 2022 | ||||||||
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