“The Pure People” versus “the Corrupt Elite”? Political Corruption, Political Trust and the Success of Radical Right Parties in Europe

References

• Akkerman, T., and S. L. de Lange. 2012. “Radical Right Parties in Office: Incumbency Records and the Electoral Cost of Governing.” Government and Opposition 47 (4): 574–596. doi: 10.1111/j.1477-7053.2012.01375.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Anderson, C. J., and Y. V. Tverdova. 2003. “Corruption, Political Allegiances, and Attitudes Toward Government in Contemporary Democracies.” American Journal of Political Science 47 (1): 91–109. doi: 10.1111/1540-5907.00007
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Arzheimer, K. 2009. “Contextual Factors and the Extreme Right Vote in Western Europe, 1980–2002.” American Journal of Political Science 53 (2): 259–275. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2009.00369.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Batory, A. 2012. “Why Do Anti-corruption Laws Fail in Central Eastern Europe? A Target Compliance Perspective.” Regulation & Governance 6 (1): 66–82. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-5991.2011.01125.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Betz, H.-G. 1994. Radical Right-Wing Populism in Western Europe. New York: St. Martin's Press.
   Google Scholar
• Billiet, J., and H. Witte. 1995. “Attitudinal Dispositions to Vote for a ‘New’ Extreme Right-Wing Party: The Case of ‘Vlaams Blok’.” European Journal of Political Research 27 (2): 181–202. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6765.1995.tb00635.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Breen, R. 2000. “Why Is Support for Extreme Parties Underestimated by Surveys? A Latent Class Analysis.” British Journal of Political Science 30 (2): 375–382. doi: 10.1017/S0007123400230159
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bustikova, L. 2014. “Revenge of the Radical Right.” Comparative Political Studies 47 (12): 1738–1765. doi: 10.1177/0010414013516069
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Caiani, M., and D. Della Porta. 2011. “The Elitist Populism of the Extreme Right: A Frame Analysis of Extreme Right-Wing Discourses in Italy and Germany.” Acta Politica 46 (2): 180–202. doi: 10.1057/ap.2010.28
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Caiani, M., D. Della Porta, and C. Wagemann. 2012. Mobilizing on the Extreme Right: Germany, Italy, and the United States. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Caillier, J. 2010. “Citizen Trust, Political Corruption, and Voting Behavior: Connecting the Dots.” Politics & Policy 38 (5): 1015–1035. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-1346.2010.00267.x
   Google Scholar
• Carter, E. L. 2005. The Extreme Right in Western Europe: Success or Failure? Manchester: Manchester University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Chang, E. C. C., M. A. Golden, and S. J. Hill. 2010. “Legislative Malfeasance and Political Accountability.” World Politics 62 (2): 177–220. doi: 10.1017/S0043887110000031
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Costas-Pérez, E., A. Solé-Ollé, and P. Sorribas-Navarro. 2012. “Corruption Scandals, Voter Information, and Accountability.” European Journal of Political Economy 28 (4): 469–484. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2012.05.007
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dalton, R. J. 2004. Democratic Challenges, Democratic Choices: The Erosion of Political Support in Advanced Industrial Democracies. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Decker, F. 2008. “Germany: Right-Wing Populist Failures and Left-Wing Successes.” In Twenty-first Century Populism, edited by D. Albertazzi and D. McDonnell, 119–134. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
   Google Scholar
• Della Porta, D. 2000. “Social Capital, Beliefs in Government, and Political Corruption.” In Disaffected Democracies. What's Troubling the Trilateral Countries? edited by S. J. Pharr and R. D. Putnam, 202–228. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Della Porta, D., and M. Diani. 1999. Social Movements: An Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell.
   Google Scholar
• Easton, D. 1965. A Systems Analysis of Political Life. New York: Wiley.
   Google Scholar
• Fisman, R., and E. Miguel. 2007. “Corruption, Norms, and Legal Enforcement: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets.” Journal of Political Economy 115 (6): 1020–1048. doi: 10.1086/527495
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gingerich, D. W. 2009. “Corruption and Political Decay: Evidence from Bolivia.” Quarterly Journal of Political Science 4 (1): 1–34. doi: 10.1561/100.00008003
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Golder, M. 2003. “Explaining Variation in the Success of Extreme Right Parties in Western Europe.” Comparative Political Studies 36 (4): 432–466. doi: 10.1177/0010414003251176
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Heinisch, R. 2003. “Success in Opposition – Failure in Government: Explaining the Performance of Right-Wing Populist Parties in Public Office.” West European Politics 26 (3): 91–130. doi: 10.1080/01402380312331280608
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hooghe, M., S. Marien, and T. Pauwels. 2011. “Where Do Distrusting Voters Turn If There Is No Viable Exit or Voice Option? The Impact of Political Trust on Electoral Behaviour in the Belgian Regional Elections of June 2009.” Government and Opposition 46 (2): 245–273. doi: 10.1111/j.1477-7053.2010.01338.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hu, L., and P. M. Bentler. 1999. “Cutoff Criteria for Fit Indexes in Covariance Structure Analysis: Conventional Criteria Versus New Alternatives.” Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal 6 (1): 1–55. doi: 10.1080/10705519909540118
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kaufmann, D., A. Kraay, and M. Mastruzzi. 2011. “The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Methodology and Analytical Issues.” Hague Journal on the Rule of Law 3 (2): 220–246.
   Google Scholar
• Kitschelt, H. 1995. The Radical Right in Western Europe: A Comparative Analysis. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
   Google Scholar
• Klašnja, M., and J. A. Tucker. 2013. “The Economy, Corruption, and the Vote: Evidence from Experiments in Sweden and Moldova.” Electoral Studies 32 (3): 536–543. doi: 10.1016/j.electstud.2013.05.007
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kline, R. B. 2011. Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling. 3rd ed. New York: The Guilford Press.
   Google Scholar
• Koopmans, R., P. Statham, M. Giugni, and F. Passy. 2005. Contested Citizenship: Immigration and Cultural Diversity in Europe. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
   Google Scholar
• Krause, S., and F. Méndez. 2009. “Corruption and Elections: An Empirical Study for a Cross-section of Countries.” Economics & Politics 21 (2): 179–200. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0343.2008.00341.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lubbers, M., M. Gijsberts, and P. Scheepers. 2002. “Extreme Right-Wing Voting in Western Europe.” European Journal of Political Research 41 (3): 345–378. doi: 10.1111/1475-6765.00015
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• MacKinnon, D. P. 2008. Introduction to Statistical Mediation Analysis. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
   Google Scholar
• March, L., and C. Mudde. 2005. “What's Left of the Radical Left? The European Radical Left since 1989: Decline and Mutation.” Comparative European Politics 3 (1): 23–49. doi: 10.1057/palgrave.cep.6110052
   Google Scholar
• Miller, A. H., and O. Listhaug. 1990. “Political Parties and Confidence in Government: A Comparison of Norway, Sweden and the United States.” British Journal of Political Science 20 (3): 357–386. doi: 10.1017/S0007123400005883
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mishler, W., and R. Rose. 2001. “What Are the Origins of Political Trust? Testing Institutional and Cultural Theories in Post-communist Societies.” Comparative Political Studies 34 (1): 30–62. doi: 10.1177/0010414001034001002
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mudde, C. 2004. “The Populist Zeitgeist.” Government and Opposition 39 (4): 542–563. doi: 10.1111/j.1477-7053.2004.00135.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mudde, C. 2007. Populist Radical Right Parties in Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Mughan, A., C. Bean, and I. McAllister. 2003. “Economic Globalization, Job Insecurity and the Populist Reaction.” Electoral Studies 22 (4): 617–633. doi: 10.1016/S0261-3794(02)00047-1
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Muthén, L. K., and B. O. Muthén. 2012. Mplus User's Guide. 7th ed. Los Angeles, CA: Muthén & Muthén.
   Google Scholar
• Norris, P. 2005. Radical Right: Voters and Parties in the Electoral Market. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Rothstein, B., and D. Stolle. 2008. “The State and Social Capital: An Institutional Theory of Generalized Trust.” Comparative Politics 40 (4): 441–459. doi: 10.5129/001041508X12911362383354
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rothstein, B., and J. Teorell. 2008. “What Is Quality of Government? A Theory of Impartial Government Institutions.” Governance 21 (2): 165–190. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0491.2008.00391.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rydgren, J. 2007. “The Sociology of the Radical Right.” Annual Review of Sociology 33 (1): 241–262. doi: 10.1146/annurev.soc.33.040406.131752
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Seligson, M. A. 2002. “The Impact of Corruption on Regime Legitimacy: A Comparative Study of Four Latin American Countries.” The Journal of Politics 64 (2): 408–433. doi: 10.1111/1468-2508.00132
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Slomczynski, K., and G. Shabad. 2012. “Perceptions of Political Party Corruption and Voting Behaviour in Poland.” Party Politics 18 (6): 897–917. doi: 10.1177/1354068810393266
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Snijders, T. A. B., and R. J. Bosker. 2012. Multilevel Analysis: An Introduction to Basic and Advanced Multilevel Modeling. London: Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Snow, D. A., D. M. Cress, L. Downey, and A. W. Jones. 1998. “Disrupting the ‘Quotidian’: Reconceptualizing the Relationship Between Breakdown and the Emergence of Collective Action.” Mobilization: An International Quarterly 3 (1): 1–22.
   Google Scholar
• Stockemer, D., B. LaMontagne, and L. Scruggs. 2013. “Bribes and Ballots: The Impact of Corruption on Voter Turnout in Democracies.” International Political Science Review 34 (1): 74–90. doi: 10.1177/0192512111419824
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Treisman, D. 2007. “What Have We Learned About the Causes of Corruption from Ten Years of Cross-national Empirical Research?” Annual Review of Political Science 10: 211–244. doi: 10.1146/annurev.polisci.10.081205.095418
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Van der Brug, W., M. Fennema, and J. Tillie. 2000. “Anti-immigrant Parties in Europe: Ideological or Protest Vote?” European Journal of Political Research 37 (1): 77–102.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Welch, S., and J. R. Hibbing. 1997. “The Effects of Charges of Corruption on Voting Behavior in Congressional Elections, 1982–1990.” The Journal of Politics 59 (1): 226–239. doi: 10.2307/2998224
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Werts, H., P. Scheepers, and M. Lubbers. 2013. “Euro-scepticism and Radical Right-Wing Voting in Europe, 2002–2008: Social Cleavages, Socio-political Attitudes and Contextual Characteristics Determining Voting for the Radical Right.” European Union Politics 14 (2): 183–205. doi: 10.1177/1465116512469287
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar