Modernisation losers thesis
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The modernisation losers thesis or modernisation losers theory is a theory associated with the academic Hans-Georg Betz that posits that individuals support far-right political parties because they wish to undo changes associated with modernisation.
Modernisation losers theory has been seen as a combination of two theories (a) the relative deprivation theory and (b) the social breakdown theory.[1] Betz suggests that the move from an industrial to post-industrial economy is one aspect of this 'modernisation'.[2] The academic Jens Rydgren describes the thesis as ' one of the central tenets in the literature on the new radical right-wing parties.[3]
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- ^ Bäckman, M. (2013) Losers of modernization or modernization winners?, https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/2077/34144/1/gupea_2077_34144_1.pdf
- ^ Betz, H.-G. 1994. Radical Right-wing Populism in Western Europe. London: Macmillan
- ^ Rydgren, J. and Ruth, P. (2011) Voting for the Radical Right in Swedish Municipalities: Social Marginality and Ethnic Competition?, Scandinavian Political Studies, 34/3: 206
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