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Berning, Carl C. and Ziller, Conrad ORCID: 0000-0002-2282-636X (2017). Social trust and radical right-wing populist party preferences. Acta Polit., 52 (2). S. 198 - 218. BASINGSTOKE: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN LTD. ISSN 1741-1416

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Abstract

In this study, we examine the role of social trust as an individual and a neighborhood-level determinant for radical right-wing populist party preferences. We argue that high social trust decreases radical right-wing populist party preferences and that this relationship is essentially mediated by negative attitudes toward immigrants. Using data from the Netherlands' Life Course Study, we employ multilevel structural equation modeling to test our argument on support for the Party for Freedom (PVV). The results reveal that individual social trust decreases radical right-wing populist party preferences. Beyond the micro-level relationship, we find that neighborhood social trust decreases radical right-wing populist party preferences. In either case, the effects are mediated by anti-immigrant sentiments. Our findings provide evidence for the importance of social trust as a multilevel construct in explanations for radical right-wing populist party preferences.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Berning, Carl C. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ziller, Conrad UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2282-636X UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-234536
DOI:	10.1057/ap.2015.28
Journal or Publication Title:	Acta Polit.
Volume:	52
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 198 - 218
Date:	2017
Publisher:	PALGRAVE MACMILLAN LTD
Place of Publication:	BASINGSTOKE
ISSN:	1741-1416
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language ANTI-IMMIGRANT SENTIMENT; EXTREME-RIGHT SUPPORT; ETHNIC DIVERSITY; CONTEXTUAL CHARACTERISTICS; INTERGROUP CONTACT; WESTERN-EUROPE; GROUP THREAT; ATTITUDES; PEOPLE; MULTILEVEL Multiple languages Political Science Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/23453