Political economy of Far-right party support
Project outline
This project explores the drivers of the electoral success of radical right populist parties in many European countries. It examines the role of economic and cultural insecurity as well as the previously unexplored importance of social policies.
- Gugushvili, A., Halikiopoulou, D. & Vlandas, T. (2025). Downward Class Mobility and Far-Right Party Support in Western Europe, [PDF] Political Behaviour.
- Vlandas, T., & Halikiopoulou, D. (2024). Jihadist terrorist attacks and far right party preferences: An “unexpected event during survey design” in four European countries. Perspectives on Politics.
- Vlandas, T., & Halikiopoulou, D. (2021). Welfare state policies and far right party support: moderating ‘insecurity effects' among different social groups [PDF] West European Politics, 45(1), 24–49.
- Halikiopoulou, D., & Vlandas, T. (2021). When economic and cultural interests align: The anti-immigration voter coalitions driving far-right party success in Europe.[PDF] European Political Science Review, 13(4), 499–519.
- Stockemer, D., Halikiopoulou, D., & Vlandas, T. (2020). ‘Birds of a feather'? Assessing the prevalence of anti-immigration attitudes among the far right electorate [PDF] Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 47(15), 3409–3436.
- Halikiopoulou D., and Vlandas T. (2019). What is new and what is nationalist about Europe's new nationalism? Explaining the rise of the far right in Europe, Nations and Nationalism, 25: 409–434.
- Vlandas, T., Halikiopoulou, D. (2019). Does unemployment matter? Economic insecurity, labour market policies and the far-right vote in Europe, European Political Science 18, 421–438.
- Halikiopoulou, D., and Vlandas, T. (2016). Risks, Costs and Labour Markets: Explaining Cross-National Patterns of Far Right Party Success in European Parliament Elections, JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 54: 636–655.