Radical Right Parties in Office: Incumbency Records and the Electoral Cost of Governing
Radical Right Parties in Office: Incumbency Records and the Electoral Cost of Governing
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1477-7053.2012.01375.x
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发表时间：
2012-10-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
de Lange, Sarah L.
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作者：
Akkerman, Tjitske;de Lange, Sarah L.
在西欧，激进右翼政党越来越有可能成为政府联盟的候选人。对这些政党在政府中的选举表现的比较研究仍然很少。我们对六个政党参与国家政府的选举效果的概述表明，他们在参与政府后失去选票的风险并不比其他政党高。然而，差异很大。一些激进的右翼政党遭受了巨大的损失，而另一些则赢得了更多的支持。聚焦于激进右翼政党在政府中的行为方式，我们探讨了为什么一些政党赢得了选票，而另一些政党在现任后的选举中失败了。我们比较了他们在移民和融合政策方面的政策成就，他们的部长的表现，以及执政的六党的政党一致性。我们的分析表明，政策记录并不能完全解释在职后选举结果的变化。表现不佳和内部政党冲突使各政党无法合理地声称联合政府的政策成就，并表明其中一些政党还没有做好执政的准备。
Radical right parties are becoming increasingly likely candidates to participate in government coalitions in Western Europe. Comparative research on the electoral performance of these parties in government is still scarce. Our overview of the electoral effects of government participation of six parties in national governments shows that they do not run a higher risk of losing votes after government participation than other parties. There is considerable variation, however. Some radical right parties experienced great losses, while others won additional support. Focusing on the ways in which radical right parties conducted themselves in government, we explore why some parties won votes and others lost in post-incumbency elections. We compare their policy achievements with regard to immigration and integration policies, the performance of their ministers, and the party coherence of the six parties in office. Our analysis shows that policy records do not fully explain the variation in post-incumbency electoral results. Weak performance and internal party conflict prevent parties from credibly laying claim to the policy achievements of coalition governments and demonstrate that some of these parties were not ready for office.