Reactionary Politics: explaining the psychological roots of anti preferences in European integration and immigration debates
Reactionary Politics: explaining the psychological roots of anti preferences in European integration and immigration debates
The concurrent strong waves of anti-EU integration and anti-immigration preferences sweeping across Europe, capitalized on by populist discourses, reflect citizens’ economic anxieties brought about by the financial crisis, dormant cultural fears, widespread suspicion towards international institutions, and frustration with “politics as usual.” Extant electoral and public opinion research provide fragmented and conflicted accounts about the psychological origins of these anti preferences. In this article, (1) we articulate a novel overarching theoretical framework that focuses on reaction as a political orientation, and (2) we provide an empirical test of the propose theory using data from the 2004 and 2014 European Social Survey. Explication of political reaction as a driver of political preferences can move forward research on challenges to democratic representation, particularly political disengagement, violent protests, and populist and antiestablishment party vote in the context of the financial crisis.
EU integration, immigration, populism, reactionism, resentment, values
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Capelos, Tereza
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Katsanidou, Alexia
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15 November 2018
Capelos, Tereza
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Katsanidou, Alexia
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Capelos, Tereza and Katsanidou, Alexia
(2018)
Reactionary Politics: explaining the psychological roots of anti preferences in European integration and immigration debates.
Political Psychology, 39 (6), .
(doi:10.1111/pops.12540).
Abstract
The concurrent strong waves of anti-EU integration and anti-immigration preferences sweeping across Europe, capitalized on by populist discourses, reflect citizens’ economic anxieties brought about by the financial crisis, dormant cultural fears, widespread suspicion towards international institutions, and frustration with “politics as usual.” Extant electoral and public opinion research provide fragmented and conflicted accounts about the psychological origins of these anti preferences. In this article, (1) we articulate a novel overarching theoretical framework that focuses on reaction as a political orientation, and (2) we provide an empirical test of the propose theory using data from the 2004 and 2014 European Social Survey. Explication of political reaction as a driver of political preferences can move forward research on challenges to democratic representation, particularly political disengagement, violent protests, and populist and antiestablishment party vote in the context of the financial crisis.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 15 November 2018
Published date: 15 November 2018
Keywords:
EU integration, immigration, populism, reactionism, resentment, values
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Alexia Katsanidou
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