Predicting the Rise of EU Right-Wing Populism in Response to Unbalanced Immigration
Joint Authors
Stanley, H. E.
Kovač, Dejan
Podobnik, Boris
Jusup, Marko
Source
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-08-07
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Among the central tenets of globalization is the free migration of labor.
Although much has been written about the benefits of globalization, little is known about its limitations and how antiglobalist sentiment can be strongly affected by high levels of immigration.
Analyzing poll data from a group of EU countries affected by the recent migrant crisis, we find that over the last three years the percentage of right-wing (RW) populist voters in a given country depends on the prevalence of immigrants in this country’s population and the total immigration inflow into the entire EU.
The latter is likely due to the perception that the EU functions as a supranational state in which a lack of inner borders means that “someone else’s problem” can easily become “my problem.” We find that the increase in the percentage of RW voters substantially surpasses the percentage of immigration inflow, implying that if this process continues, ongoing democratic processes will cause RW populism to prevail and globalization to rapidly decrease.
We locate tipping points between the fraction of immigrants and the rise of RW populism, and we model our empirical findings using a complex network framework in which the success of globalization rests on a balance between immigration and immigrant integration.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Podobnik, Boris& Jusup, Marko& Kovač, Dejan& Stanley, H. E.. 2017. Predicting the Rise of EU Right-Wing Populism in Response to Unbalanced Immigration. Complexity،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-12.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Podobnik, Boris…[et al.]. Predicting the Rise of EU Right-Wing Populism in Response to Unbalanced Immigration. Complexity No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-12.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Podobnik, Boris& Jusup, Marko& Kovač, Dejan& Stanley, H. E.. Predicting the Rise of EU Right-Wing Populism in Response to Unbalanced Immigration. Complexity. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1142546
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1142546