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Vox populismus: a populist radical right attitude among the public?
Author(s) -
Rooduijn Matthijs
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
nations and nationalism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1469-8129
pISSN - 1354-5078
DOI - 10.1111/nana.12054
Subject(s) - populism , ideology , authoritarianism , nationalism , psychological nativism , radical right , voting , political science , public opinion , core (optical fiber) , social psychology , sociology , political economy , psychology , politics , law , democracy , materials science , composite material
Abstract In the last two decades, populist radical right ( PRR ) parties have been electorally very successful in W estern E urope. Various scholars have argued that these parties share an ideological core that consists of a specific form of nationalism (nativism), in combination with two other attitudes (authoritarianism and populism). The aim of this research note is to assess whether this ideological core also exists as a consistent attitude among citizens. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of the attitudes of Dutch citizens indicate that we can indeed speak of a consistent PRR attitude among the public. I also show that this attitude is strongly related to the probability of voting for the PRR F reedom P arty ( P artij voor de V rijheid ) of G eert W ilders.