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Intergenerational correlations of extreme right-wing party preferences and attitudes toward immigration

Avdeenko, Alexandra; Siedler, Thomas - 2015

the strongest and most important predictor for young people's right-wing extremism are parents' right-wing extremist …

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Papa does preach : daughters and polarisation of attitudes toward abortion

Effenterre, Clémentine van - 2017

This article examines the hypothesis that having daughters polarises male politicians' attitudes toward abortion rights. Using French and U.S voting records, I estimate that having daughters decreases support for abortion law by 25% for right-wing congressmen in France, and increases support for...

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Behavioural responses to unfair institutions : experimental evidence on rule compliance, norm polarisation, and trust

Columbus, Simon; Feld, Lars P.; Kasper, Matthias; … - 2023

rule compliance compared to fair institutions. However, rule enforcement - fair and unfair - reduces norm polarisation …

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Family and politics : does parental unemployment cause right-wing extremism?

Siedler, Thomas (contributor) - 2006

Recent years have witnessed a rise in right-wing extremism among German youth and young adults. This paper investigates … unemployed parents and right-wing extremism, with xenophobia in particular. This paper uses differences in unemployment levels … variables estimates suggest strong and significant effects of parental unemployment on right-wing extremism. This is consistent …

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Sozioökonomische Determinanten extremistischer Wahlerfolge in Deutschland : das Beispiel der Europawahlen 1994 und 1999

Rotte, Ralph; Steininger, Martin - 2000

Empirical research on the determinants of right and left-wing extremist election successes is still dominated by descriptive statistical methods. The existing literature in political economy and political science mainly relies on interviews and survey results as well as on qualitative analyses...

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Moderating political extremism : single round vs runoff elections under plurality rule

Bordignon, Massimo; Nannicini, Tommaso; Tabellini, … - 2013

We compare single round vs runoff elections under plurality rule, allowing for partly endogenous party formation. Under runoff elections, the number of political candidates is larger, but the influence of extremist voters on equilibrium policy and hence policy volatility are smaller, because the...

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Understanding the development of fundamentalism

Gang, Ira N. (contributor); Epstein, Gil S. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Unemployment and right-wing extremist crime

Falk, Armin (contributor); Zweimüller, Josef (contributor) - 2005

Right-wing extremism is a serious problem in many societies. A prominent hypothesis states that unemployment plays a …

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Historical roots of political extremism : the effects of Nazi occupation of Italy

Fontana, Nicola; Nannicini, Tommaso; Tabellini, Guido Enrico - 2017

occupation and the civil war left a lasting legacy of political extremism and polarization on the newborn Italian democracy. …

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Friendship networks and political opinions: a natural experiment among future French politicians

Algan, Yann; Dalvit, Nicolò; Do, Quoc-Anh; Le … - 2020

extremism, without forcing individuals' views to converge. Network characteristics also matter to the friendship effect. …

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