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Sozioökonomische Determinanten rechtsextremistischer Wahlerfolge im vereinten Deutschland

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Rotte, R., Steininger, M. Sozioökonomische Determinanten rechtsextremistischer Wahlerfolge im vereinten Deutschland. . „Republikaner“ und NPD bei den Europawahlen 1994 und 1999. Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, 121(3), 353-406. https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.121.3.353
Rotte, Ralph and Steininger, Martin "Sozioökonomische Determinanten rechtsextremistischer Wahlerfolge im vereinten Deutschland. „Republikaner“ und NPD bei den Europawahlen 1994 und 1999. " Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch 121.3, 2001, 353-406. https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.121.3.353
Rotte, Ralph/Steininger, Martin (2001): Sozioökonomische Determinanten rechtsextremistischer Wahlerfolge im vereinten Deutschland, in: Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, vol. 121, iss. 3, 353-406, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.121.3.353

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Sozioökonomische Determinanten rechtsextremistischer Wahlerfolge im vereinten Deutschland

„Republikaner“ und NPD bei den Europawahlen 1994 und 1999

Rotte, Ralph | Steininger, Martin

Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 121 (2001), Iss. 3 : pp. 353–406

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Rotte, Ralph

Steininger, Martin

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Empirical research on the determinants of right-wing extremist election successes is still dominated by descriptive statistical methods. The existing literature in political economy and political science mainly relies on interviews and survey results as well as on qualitative analyses of party organizations and programs. Contrary to this approach, in this study we try to identify significant, structural socio-economic factors which determined the vote for the right-wing „Republikaner" party and NPD in the two recent elections of the European Parliament in Germany. We use a new data set on the level of German counties (Kreise) that is analyzed econometrically by a FGLS random effects panel model. The results we obtain are partly in stark contrast to empirical findings discussed in the mainstream literature and in the public. The resulting, most important areas of political action against extremist parties seem to be education, a differentiated labor market policy, social work with adolescents, and the maintenance of a generous system of social security and welfare.