المجلة الدولية للبحوث القانونية والسياسية
Volume 8, Numéro 1, Pages 7-24
2024-05-31
Identity Politics And The Populist Far Right In The Uk: An Empirical Case Study
Authors : Bachagha Chargui . Mired Houari .
Abstract
Since the last decade of the 20th century, there has been an unmistakable trend in Western mainstream politics: the rise of the populist far right. Nowhere, however, had the rising tide of populism more disruptive than in the United Kingdom, a polity that had for long been considered immune to parties of the far right. The recent Brexit vote can arguably be interpreted as a triumph of “angry” politics characterized by resentment towards “the establishment” and a negative attitude towards immigrants. This study empirically measures identitarian elements employed by prominent populist parties, the UK Independence Party and the British National Party. To test whether these parties qualify as populist; first, a minimalist definition by Cas Mudde is adopted and operationalized. Second, both parties are then subjected to an elaborate measurement criterion to see whether identity politics has been a sufficient condition in their respective resurgence.
Keywords
populist far right ; United Kingdom ; UK Independence Party ; British National Party ; identity politics
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