Den europeiska integrationsklyftans förlorare och stödet för politiska system : -En kulturell motreaktion

• Main Author: Bäckström, Einar
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Stockholms universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen 2019
• Subjects: Globalisering; europeisk integration; förtroende; politiska system; demokratiska värderingar; populism; högerextremism; Political Science; Statsvetenskap
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-171598

This study departs from a cleavage-theory by Kriesi et al. in which the globalization and the European integration divides Europeans in winners and losers through a political, a cultural and an economic mechanism (2012). It examines the connection between the polarization following the integration and the support for political systems using Norris’ framework from Democratic deficit (2012) which differs on five levels of support. The main findings show that the polarization has an impact on four out of five levels through the cultural mechanism and that it thus not only may generate support for right-wing populism as shown by Kriesi with more, but for right-wing extremism as well. Even though the effect is limited the results also suggests that the decreasing trust in political institutions in Europe is not to be reduced to normal a fluctuation.