Contextual explanations of radical right-wing support in Sweden: Socioeconomic marginalization, group threat, and the halo effect

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 711-728

  Rydgren, Jens ^a   Ruth, Patrick ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ethnic competition; group threat theory; halo effect; radical right; social marginalization; voting

Indexed keywords

ETHNOPOLITICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MARGINALIZATION; PARTY POLITICS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; THEORETICAL STUDY; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84875988602     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2011.623786     Document Type: Article

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