The Netherlands, the Challenge of Lijst Pim Fortuyn, and the Third Way
2003; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 23; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/1467-9256.00192
ISSN1467-9256
Autores Tópico(s)Electoral Systems and Political Participation
ResumoThe shock 2002 general election result in the Netherlands has provided a wake-up call to those who believed it would withstand the Europe-wide rise of the far right more successfully than others. This article firstly investigates why Lijst Pim Fortuyn performed so well, and suggests that its popularity owes more to its anti-establishment stance than its xenophobic outlook. The second half of the article links the upheavals to normative deficiencies in the ‘third way’ framework, and concludes that a more distinctive left-of-centre agenda needs to be formulated, both in itself and in relation to containing the far right.
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