Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10503946 | Electoral Studies | 2012 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
⺠A tougher position on immigration by mainstream parties helps to legitimize anti-immigrant parties, and benefits them electorally. ⺠However, in contrast to previous research, we find that it is not the position of the most extreme mainstream party that matters, but rather the mean position of all the mainstream parties. ⺠We use a pioneering survey of over 10,000 local elected representatives in Sweden to measure sub-national variation in the position on immigration among the political parties.
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Carl Dahlström, Anders Sundell,