Cold pragmatism, warm radicalism : ideological differences between radical left parties from Nordic and Southern European countries
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Resumo: | The 2008 economic crisis brought an increasing support for some Western European radical left parties (RLPs) and renewed academic attention to this party family. Still, there is a lack of empirical knowledge on the ideological differences among RLPs – particularly across countries and regions. The present work conducts for the first time a systematic and direct cross-regional comparison of the ideological differences between RLPs from two different European regions (Nordic and Southern European countries). Manifesto and expert survey data are used for measuring and comparing party positions along several ideological dimensions and to evaluate to what extent a region-based ideological classification of RLPs finds empirical support. The results show that while some important ideological differences are found between Nordic and Southern European RLPs, these do not appear to be significant enough to classify them into two distinct ideological subgroups. Moreover, the results also suggest that, to compare the ideological differences between RLPs, we need more precise empirical instruments adapted to the study of its most characteristic ideological traits. |
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Cold pragmatism, warm radicalism : ideological differences between radical left parties from Nordic and Southern European countriesPragmatismoRadicalismoPartidos políticosPolítica europeia - Europa OcidentalIdeologiasThe 2008 economic crisis brought an increasing support for some Western European radical left parties (RLPs) and renewed academic attention to this party family. Still, there is a lack of empirical knowledge on the ideological differences among RLPs – particularly across countries and regions. The present work conducts for the first time a systematic and direct cross-regional comparison of the ideological differences between RLPs from two different European regions (Nordic and Southern European countries). Manifesto and expert survey data are used for measuring and comparing party positions along several ideological dimensions and to evaluate to what extent a region-based ideological classification of RLPs finds empirical support. The results show that while some important ideological differences are found between Nordic and Southern European RLPs, these do not appear to be significant enough to classify them into two distinct ideological subgroups. Moreover, the results also suggest that, to compare the ideological differences between RLPs, we need more precise empirical instruments adapted to the study of its most characteristic ideological traits.A crise económica de 2008 trouxe um crescente apoio a alguns partidos da esquerda radical (PER) da Europa Ocidental e uma renovada atenção académica a esta família partidária. Contudo, existe ainda uma falta de conhecimento empírico sobre as diferenças ideológicas entre os PER – particularmente entre países e regiões. O presente trabalho conduz pela primeira vez uma comparação sistemática e direta das diferenças ideológicas entre PER de duas diferentes regiões europeias (os países nórdicos e do Sul da Europa). Dados de manifestos eleitorais e inquéritos a especialistas são usados para medir e comparar as posições dos partidos em várias dimensões ideológicas e avaliar até que ponto uma classificação ideológica regional de PER encontra suporte empírico. Os resultados mostram que, embora sejam encontradas algumas diferenças ideológicas importantes entre os PER nórdicos e do Sul da Europa, estas não parecem ser suficientemente significativas para os classificar em dois subgrupos ideológicos distintos. Além disso, os resultados sugerem também que, para comparar as diferenças ideológicas entre PER, são necessários instrumentos empíricos mais precisos e adaptados ao estudo dos seus traços ideológicos mais característicos.Universidade de Aveiro2018-04-16T10:31:05Z2017-01-01T00:00:00Z2017info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10773/22877TID:201942178engLourenço, Pedro Miguel Cardosoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-02-22T11:44:45Zoai:ria.ua.pt:10773/22877Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T02:56:53.354251Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Cold pragmatism, warm radicalism : ideological differences between radical left parties from Nordic and Southern European countries |
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Cold pragmatism, warm radicalism : ideological differences between radical left parties from Nordic and Southern European countries |
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Cold pragmatism, warm radicalism : ideological differences between radical left parties from Nordic and Southern European countries Lourenço, Pedro Miguel Cardoso Pragmatismo Radicalismo Partidos políticos Política europeia - Europa Ocidental Ideologias |
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Cold pragmatism, warm radicalism : ideological differences between radical left parties from Nordic and Southern European countries |
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Cold pragmatism, warm radicalism : ideological differences between radical left parties from Nordic and Southern European countries |
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Cold pragmatism, warm radicalism : ideological differences between radical left parties from Nordic and Southern European countries |
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Cold pragmatism, warm radicalism : ideological differences between radical left parties from Nordic and Southern European countries |
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Cold pragmatism, warm radicalism : ideological differences between radical left parties from Nordic and Southern European countries |
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Lourenço, Pedro Miguel Cardoso |
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Lourenço, Pedro Miguel Cardoso |
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Lourenço, Pedro Miguel Cardoso |
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Pragmatismo Radicalismo Partidos políticos Política europeia - Europa Ocidental Ideologias |
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Pragmatismo Radicalismo Partidos políticos Política europeia - Europa Ocidental Ideologias |
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The 2008 economic crisis brought an increasing support for some Western European radical left parties (RLPs) and renewed academic attention to this party family. Still, there is a lack of empirical knowledge on the ideological differences among RLPs – particularly across countries and regions. The present work conducts for the first time a systematic and direct cross-regional comparison of the ideological differences between RLPs from two different European regions (Nordic and Southern European countries). Manifesto and expert survey data are used for measuring and comparing party positions along several ideological dimensions and to evaluate to what extent a region-based ideological classification of RLPs finds empirical support. The results show that while some important ideological differences are found between Nordic and Southern European RLPs, these do not appear to be significant enough to classify them into two distinct ideological subgroups. Moreover, the results also suggest that, to compare the ideological differences between RLPs, we need more precise empirical instruments adapted to the study of its most characteristic ideological traits. |
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