Right-wing radical populism in city and suburbs : an electoral geography of the Partij Voor de Vrijheid in the Netherlands

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

VAN GENT, W.P.C.

Dept. of Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, Univ., Amsterdam, Pays-Bas

JANSEN, E.F.

Dept. of Political Science, Univ., Amsterdam, Pays-Bas

SMITS, J.H.F.

Political Academy, Den Haag, Pays-Bas

Description :
This paper looks at the electoral geography of the Partij Voor de Vrijheid, a Dutch right-wing radical populist party, which is anti-immigration, anti-establishment and critical of urban conditions. It shows that there is a positive contextual effect in lower-density neighbourhoods in cities and in suburban municipalities, as well as in post-war New Towns. To account for spatial variations, an explanatory framework is proposed based on urban theories of class, revanchism and nostalgia. Traditional middle classes, concentrated in suburbs, seem to support RRPPs to reclaim urban space for daily use and as a defensive strategy in view of metropolitan change.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Urban studies (Harlow), issn : 0042-0980, 2014, vol. 51, n°. 9, p. 1775-1794, nombre de pages : 20, Références bibliographiques : 4 p.

Date :
2014

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Harlow, Longman Group

Langue :
Anglais