Keywords
British National Party (1982- ), Elections -- European Union countries, European Parliament, Great Britain -- Politics and government
Abstract
In the past decade, there has been a surge of interest in extreme right Western European parties. Well-established parties such as the National Front (FN) in France, Vlaams Belang (formerly Vlaams Blok) in Belgium, and Lega Nord in Italy have been scrutinized. However, extreme right parties that have just recently begun to experience electoral successes such as the British National Party (BNP) have received less evaluation and discussion in the literature. Therefore, this study examines the BNP‟s electoral fortunes in the European elections of 1999, 2004, and 2009. I explore the support for the BNP using the traditional variables of unemployment, education, income, and immigration. In addition to these variables, I examine how support for other parties present in Great Britain, such as the right-wing United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) and the center-right Conservative Party affects electoral support for the BNP. I find that support for other right-wing parties in Great Britain do exert an influence on BNP electoral fortunes (the UKIP a positive one, and the Conservative Party a negative one). I also find a strong negative link between BNP support and education and a weak positive one between BNP support and unemployment. However, income and immigration rates appear to have no effect on voter support for the BNP.
Notes
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Graduation Date
2011
Semester
Fall
Advisor
Kinsey, Barbara
Degree
Master of Arts (M.A.)
College
College of Sciences
Department
Political Science
Degree Program
Political Science; International Studies
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0004179
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0004179
Language
English
Release Date
December 2011
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Masters Thesis (Open Access)
Subjects
Dissertations, Academic -- Sciences, Sciences -- Dissertations, Academic
STARS Citation
Willis, Jonathan Richard, "Explaining The Support Of The British National Party (bnp) In The 1999, 2004, And 2009 European Parliament Elections" (2011). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1729.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/1729