Are populist radical right (PRR) parties the only alternatives for voters seeking restrictive and assimilationist outcomes? Or is a mainstream choice available? Popular opinion and social media commentaries often criticize mainstream parties for facing in the same liberal and multicultural direction. Literature on parties and elections equally suggests a convergence of policy positions and the disappearance of any significant differences between parties. This edited volume is an attempt to challenge such perceptions and conclusions. By systematically coding manifestos for seventeen mainstream and six PRR parties in Western Europe, the book explores positional differences between mainstream and niche contenders over three key elections between 2002 and 2015. The findings indicate more choice than initially expected, but these restrictive and assimilationist options are usually in close proximity to each other and typically less intense than those of the PRR. This can help explain the continuous growth of the PRR despite the presence of a mainstream alternative. Yet party system dynamics also matter. Contributing authors thus investigate a number of arguments in the precarious relationship between mainstream parties, the electorate and the PRR, as well as between different mainstream parties.-- Provided by Publisher

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The politics of Islam in the Sahel : between persuasion and violence

Islam and Politics in the Sahel: Between Persuasion and Violence

Odmalm, Pontus; Hepburn, Eve;

Abdourahmane Idrissa

Europa Publications Ltd

Europa regional perspectives, Abingdon, Oxon, 2017

Europa regional perspectives, New York, 2017

Europa regional perspectives, London, 2017

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

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Cover 1
Half Title 4
Title Page 6
Copyright Page 7
Table of Contents 8
List of illustrations 10
Acknowledgements 12
List of contributors 13
Abbreviations 16
1. Mainstream parties, the populist radical right, and the (alleged) lack of a restrictive and assimilationist alternative 18
Introduction 18
Case selection rationale and time frame covered 23
Methodology 24
Discussion of findings 30
Conclusion 37
Notes 39
References 39
Party manifestos 44
2. The European mainstream and the populist radical right: The British case 45
Labour migration 46
Family reunification 51
Asylum and refugees 53
Integration 57
Conclusion 61
References 64
3. Conflict and co-operation among the Danish mainstream as a condition for adaptation to the populist radical right 66
Introduction 66
The Danish party system 67
Government declarations, support parties, and legislative agreements 69
The impact of the DF on the Danish mainstream 70
Danish immigration policies until 2007 71
Party manifestos and government declarations 73
The 2007 general election 74
The 2011 general election and the term up until 2015 77
The 2015 general election and beyond 80
Conclusion 83
Notes 85
References 85
4. Immigration, integration and the Finns Party: Issue ownership by coincidence or by stealth? 88
Introduction 88
The ascendance of PS and its place in the Finnish party system 90
The anti-immigration wing becomes the ‘party within the party’ 91
No cordons sanitaires please, we’re Finnish! 92
Data and findings 94
Issue ownership by coincidence or by stealth? 97
Conclusion 102
Note 103
References 103
5. The French mainstream and the Front National’s electoral fortunes 107
Electoral breakthrough and consolidation of voter support 108
The 2002 presidential election: a political earthquake 109
The 2007 presidential election: Le Pen’s slump 113
The 2012 presidential election: the FN swings back under Marine Le Pen 116
Conclusion 120
Notes 121
References 121
6. Accommodating the Dutch populist radical right in a multi-party system: Success or failure? 125
Introduction 125
The Dutch party system 127
The immigration issue and the rise of the PRR 128
The emergence of the PRR and the success of the LPF 129
The rise of the PVV 131
Party positions during the 2006, 2010 and 2012 elections 132
Dutch elections 132
The 2006 election 133
Issue standpoints of the PVV and mainstream parties 134
Winners and losers 135
Relative party position and party competition 135
The 2010 election 135
Issue standpoints of the PVV and mainstream parties 136
Winners and losers 137
Relative party positions and competition 138
The 2012 election 138
The PVV’s issue standpoint and mainstream parties 138
Winners and losers 140
Relative party position and competition 141
Immigration and the populist radical right since the 2012 election 141
Conclusion 142
Notes 144
References 144
7. Sweden: From deviant case to populist radical right hotbed? 147
The issue of immigration in Swedish politics 148
PRR parties in Sweden 154
The positioning of the mainstream parties 157
Conclusion 165
References 167
8. Concluding remarks 170
References 175
Index 177

Features •Systematic, data-based analysis of populist rhetoric in mainstream political discourse •Extremely topical issue, as extremist positions become more intergrated into mainstream policy •The book examines the precarious relationship between mainstream parties, the electorate and the Populist Radical Right. Summary Are populist radical right (PRR) parties the only alternatives for voters seeking restrictive and assimilationist outcomes? Or is a mainstream choice available? Popular opinion and social media commentaries often criticize mainstream parties for facing in the same liberal and multicultural direction. Literature on parties and elections equally suggests a convergence of policy positions and the disappearance of any significant differences between parties. This edited volume is an attempt to challenge such perceptions and conclusions. By systematically coding manifestos for seventeen mainstream and six PRR parties in Western Europe, the book explores positional differences between mainstream and niche contenders over three key elections between 2002 and 2015. The findings indicate more choice than initially expected, but these restrictive and assimilationist options are usually in close proximity to each other and typically less intense than those of the PRR. This can help explain the continuous growth of the PRR despite the presence of a mainstream alternative. Yet party system dynamics also matter. Contributing authors thus investigate a number of arguments in the precarious relationship between mainstream parties, the electorate and the PRR, as well as between different mainstream parties

'Ideologies need enemies to thrive, religion does not'. Using the Sahel as a source of five comparative case studies, this volume aims to engage in the painstaking task of disentangling Islam from the political ideologies that have issued from its theologies to fight for governmental power and the transformation of society. While these ideologies tap into sources of religious legitimacy, the author shows that they are fundamentally secular or temporal enterprises, defined by confrontation with other political ideologies-both progressive and liberal-within the arena of nation states. Their objectives are the same as these other ideologies, i.e., to harness political power for changing national societies, and they resort to various methods of persuasion, until they break down into violence. The two driving questions of the book are, whence come these ideologies, and why do they-sometimes-result in violence? Ideologies of Salafi radicalism are at work in the five countries of the Sahel region, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, (Northern) Nigeria and Senegal, but violence has broken out only in Mali and Northern Nigeria. Using a theoretical framework of ideological development and methods of historical analysis, Idrissa traces the emergence of Salafi radicalism in each of these countries as a spark ignited by the shock between concurrent processes of Islamization and colonization in the 1940s

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