Abstract

This paper presents the basic political science consensus on parties and their impact on policy, then turns to focus on the impact of the populist radical right (PRR) parties on policy, what PRR parties have done to implement their views and whether they make a difference. Three effects on policy were established: 1) they de-emphasize the issue, preferring to focus on migration, crime and security rather than health and welfare and 2) they prefer to pursue exclusionary policies. 3) it is not clear whether they increase or decrease benefits for the “native” populations they claim to represent. In short PRR parties make a difference whether to migrants or conservative governments, this party group matters.

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  • This is a classic question of political science and one with obvious implications for anybody interested in policy and social change.[5]

  • When we look at Italy, we see a liberal exclusionary impact of the Populist radical right (PRR) on health and welfare

  • The result is a shift toward ethnocentrist politics in Europe that we should expect to have consequences for the health of citizens and noncitizens alike

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16 European Journal of Public Health

In Western Europe, the rise of PRR parties ‘is a reaction to the failure of traditional parties’ ability to respond adequately in the eyes of the electorate’ to issues surrounding mass migration and financial insecurity.[10]. There are very few examples of the social democrats in any country working with the PRR In coalition government, both the coalition agreement and the partner party constrain what the PRR party can do to pursue its goals—for example, welfare chauvinist objectives might be turned into exclusionary liberalism if the conservative coalition partner, for example, is willing to endorse antiimmigrant policies in return for PRR support for budget cuts. Both the coalition agreement and the partner party constrain what the PRR party can do to pursue its goals—for example, welfare chauvinist objectives might be turned into exclusionary liberalism if the conservative coalition partner, for example, is willing to endorse antiimmigrant policies in return for PRR support for budget cuts This might be what has happened in Austria. Ordensspitaler Bekommen Weniger Geld’’ ORF Wien, 2018b. http://wien.orf.at/news/stories/2899394/

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