Project description
Putting Europe’s main populist radical right parties under the microscope
Across Europe, populist radical right (PRR) parties have become more visible and are attracting growing electoral support. United by an ideology of ethno-nationalism, gender/LGBTQ equality and immigration/integration issues top the parties’ agendas. The EU-funded ERRANT project will study the growing influence of this political family. It will focus on Italy’s League and France’s National Rally (which together boast 50 lawmakers in the European Parliament). Comparative case studies will be conducted in towns where the parties have dominated in both electoral results, institutional power and cultural legitimation. The internal workings of the party branches and the dynamics of their local implantation will be explored. The findings will also shed light on the production of socio-political conflicts on the two hot-button issues of immigration and gender/sexuality.
Objective
Urgent scientific and public questions are arising from the current growth of the populist radical right (PRR) across Europe. First, not much is known about activism and internal functioning of these political organisations, because they have been studied mainly from macro and structural perspectives. A second overlooked element is their strong territorial presence, and their ability to mobilize localism and community attachments, turning them into political consensus. Third, the political growth of PRR is accompanied by unprecedented levels of societal polarization, concerning in particular immigration and gender. ERRANT deals on these three ground-breaking issues, by focusing on two major Western European PRR actors: Lega and Rassemblement National. The research, organized in two qualitative comparative case studies, focuses on two small-medium towns actually dominated by the parties (high electoral scores; institutional power; cultural legitimation). Research goals are i) to shed light on the internal life of the party branches; ii) to reconstruct the dynamics of their local implantation; iii) to analyse the production of socio-political conflicts on immigration and gender. Data collection techniques will be quantitative analysis of electoral and organizational data; analysis of documentary sources; participant observation; in-depth interviews. Through its experimental, yet rigorous research design, ERRANT will singificantly contribute to the development of new, empirically grounded interpretative categories of PRR activism. Basing on an experimental mix of immersion and comparison, this project will also inaugurate a new methodological template for the qualitative research on parties. Finally, the research will generate societal impact, by enhancing awareness and understanding of the growing influence of populist radical right parties across Europe.
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H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
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H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
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75341 Paris
France
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