Comments on: Contextual Factors and the Extreme Right Vote in Western Europe, 1980-2002 http://www.kai-arzheimer.com/blog/contextual-factors-and-the-extreme-right-vote-in-western-europe-1980-2002/ A political science blog Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:07:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Is salience a cause or a consequence of radical right electoral support? | Kai Arzheimerhttp://www.kai-arzheimer.com/blog/contextual-factors-and-the-extreme-right-vote-in-western-europe-1980-2002/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Is salience a cause or a consequence of radical right electoral support? | Kai Arzheimer Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:56:48 +0000 http://polsci.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/contextual-factors-and-the-extreme-right-vote-in-western-europe-1980-2002/#comment-143 [...] my pet model, the salience of issues such as immigration or national identiy in the manifestos of established parties Random shock to salience - support cannot be bothered to [...] [...] my pet model, the salience of issues such as immigration or national identiy in the manifestos of established parties Random shock to salience – support cannot be bothered to [...]

]]> By: kai17http://www.kai-arzheimer.com/blog/contextual-factors-and-the-extreme-right-vote-in-western-europe-1980-2002/comment-page-1/#comment-39 kai17 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:53:23 +0000 http://polsci.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/contextual-factors-and-the-extreme-right-vote-in-western-europe-1980-2002/#comment-39 The editor managed to correct the Freedom/Progress Party mix-up before the article went to the press. Thanks again, Sverre! The editor managed to correct the Freedom/Progress Party mix-up before the article went to the press. Thanks again, Sverre!

]]> By: Sverre Midthjellhttp://www.kai-arzheimer.com/blog/contextual-factors-and-the-extreme-right-vote-in-western-europe-1980-2002/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Sverre Midthjell Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:48:09 +0000 http://polsci.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/contextual-factors-and-the-extreme-right-vote-in-western-europe-1980-2002/#comment-28 I haven't more than casually read through your paper yet, but it's a really interesting topic.There is however something that made my scratch my head a bit. The only country I really know well among these is Norway, and here you're referring to ER votes defined as votes for "the freedom party". As far as I know there is no major party by that name. I'm assuming you're referring to the party Fremskrittspartiet, which I've written about in <a href="http://polemarchus.net/2008/10/27/who-votes-for-fremskrittspartiet/" rel="nofollow">this post</a> and others. The correct English translations (and I checked that it is the one they use themselves on their webpage as well) of this party name should be "the Progress Party".Whether or not they actually constitute an ER party is an interesting discussion in and of itself. Is there an accepted standard definition of what constitutes an ERP, or have these assumptions merely been made from traditional categorization of parties? Out of curiousity I'm really interested in learning how this is defined. Most articles I've read on the topic aren't explicit on this. I haven’t more than casually read through your paper yet, but it’s a really interesting topic.

There is however something that made my scratch my head a bit. The only country I really know well among these is Norway, and here you’re referring to ER votes defined as votes for “the freedom party”. As far as I know there is no major party by that name. I’m assuming you’re referring to the party Fremskrittspartiet, which I’ve written about in this post and others. The correct English translations (and I checked that it is the one they use themselves on their webpage as well) of this party name should be “the Progress Party”.

Whether or not they actually constitute an ER party is an interesting discussion in and of itself. Is there an accepted standard definition of what constitutes an ERP, or have these assumptions merely been made from traditional categorization of parties? Out of curiousity I’m really interested in learning how this is defined. Most articles I’ve read on the topic aren’t explicit on this.

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