Do populist parties lose support when participating in government?

Riera, Pedro and Pastor, Marco (2021) Do populist parties lose support when participating in government? LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) blog (09 Nov 2021). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Populist parties typically voice strong criticism of the establishment, but what happens when these parties join national governments? Drawing on a new study, Pedro Riera and Marco Pastor illustrate that populist parties are vulnerable to losing support when they become junior members of a governing coalition. These parties tend to lose more votes when they are ideologically radical, when the coalition they join is ideologically homogenous, and when the coalition holds a majority in parliament.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/
Additional Information:	© 2021 The Authors
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JZ International relations J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Date Deposited:	13 Jan 2022 12:15
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 11:20
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/113091

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