Polarization in the wake of the European refugee crisis – A longitudinal study of the Finnish political elite’s attitudes towards refugees and the environment
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Lönnqvist, Jan-Erik
Ilmarinen, Ville-Juhani
Sortheix, Florencia M.
Abstract / Description
We investigated political polarization among the 28284 candidates in the Finnish municipal election who ran for municipal council in 2012, 2017, or both, and had responded to a Voting Advice Application. Our results revealed political polarization in terms of both conversion (longitudinal analysis, n = 6643) and recruitment (cross-sectional comparison of first-time candidates, n = 13054). The populist radical-right Finns Party became even more anti-refugee, and the pro-refugee Green League became even more pro-refugee. The Finns Party, in particular, has constructed the Green League as their enemies, which could explain why the Finns Party moved in an anti-environmental direction, as well as the increased issue-alignment between refugee-attitudes and environmental attitudes. We also observed increased within-party homogeneity in almost all parties. In the discussion, we focus on the nature of the association between refugee and environmental attitudes.
Keyword(s)
political psychology attitude change immigration environment populism electionsPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2020-02-28
Journal title
Journal of Social and Political Psychology
Volume
8
Issue
1
Page numbers
173–197
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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Lönnqvist, J.-E., Ilmarinen, V.-J., & Sortheix, F. M. (2020). Polarization in the wake of the European refugee crisis – A longitudinal study of the Finnish political elite’s attitudes towards refugees and the environment. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 8(1), 173-197. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v8i1.1236
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Lönnqvist, Jan-Erik
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Ilmarinen, Ville-Juhani
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Sortheix, Florencia M.
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Date of first publication2020-02-28
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Abstract / DescriptionWe investigated political polarization among the 28284 candidates in the Finnish municipal election who ran for municipal council in 2012, 2017, or both, and had responded to a Voting Advice Application. Our results revealed political polarization in terms of both conversion (longitudinal analysis, n = 6643) and recruitment (cross-sectional comparison of first-time candidates, n = 13054). The populist radical-right Finns Party became even more anti-refugee, and the pro-refugee Green League became even more pro-refugee. The Finns Party, in particular, has constructed the Green League as their enemies, which could explain why the Finns Party moved in an anti-environmental direction, as well as the increased issue-alignment between refugee-attitudes and environmental attitudes. We also observed increased within-party homogeneity in almost all parties. In the discussion, we focus on the nature of the association between refugee and environmental attitudes.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationLönnqvist, J.-E., Ilmarinen, V.-J., & Sortheix, F. M. (2020). Polarization in the wake of the European refugee crisis – A longitudinal study of the Finnish political elite’s attitudes towards refugees and the environment. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 8(1), 173-197. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v8i1.1236en_US
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ISSN2195-3325
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/5621
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.6225
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is related tohttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2769
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Keyword(s)political psychologyen_US
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Keyword(s)attitude changeen_US
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Keyword(s)immigrationen_US
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Keyword(s)environmenten_US
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Keyword(s)populismen_US
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Keyword(s)electionsen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitlePolarization in the wake of the European refugee crisis – A longitudinal study of the Finnish political elite’s attitudes towards refugees and the environmenten_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue1
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Journal titleJournal of Social and Political Psychology
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Page numbers173–197
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Volume8
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Visible tag(s)Version of Recorden_US