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Cristian Norocel

Ov Cristian Norocel

Director of Doctoral Studies | Docent | Senior lecturer

Cristian Norocel

Three tales of welfare chauvinism

Author

  • Ov Cristian Norocel

Editor

  • Ann-Cathrine Jungar

Summary, in English

This chapter examines how three parties of the radical right reinterpret the Nordic welfare model to serve a nativist purpose. These parties are the Danish People’s Party (Dansk Folkeparti, DF), the Finns Party (Perussuomalaiset/Sannfinländarna, PS), and the Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna, SD). The period under analysis stretches from 2009 to 2019, which saw the electoral consolidation of these parties, both in their respective national parliaments and in the European Parliament (EP). The chapter provides an empirical basis for theorizing welfare chauvinism as a hybrid ideological tenet that serves to underpin right-wing ideas (nativism, authoritarianism, and populism), despite its seemingly left-wing redistributive veneer (with its stress on the need to safeguard welfare provision). The chapter also sheds light on how welfare chauvinism functions as a political vehicle for the normalization of radical-right parties in Northern Europe.

Department/s

  • Department of Gender Studies
  • LU Profile Area: Human rights
  • Systematic Theology

Publishing year

2024

Language

English

Pages

100-115

Publication/Series

The Nordic Populist Radical Right : Voters, Ideology, and Political Interactions

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Routledge

Topic

  • Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalization Studies)
  • Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)

Keywords

  • welfare chauvinism
  • Radical right parties
  • European parliament elections
  • Finland
  • Denmark
  • Sweden
  • elections
  • Northern Europe

Status

Published

Project

  • The Extreme Right Metapolitical Project in the Digital Age

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 9780429199936