Is it all in the family? A descriptive analysis of the transnational connections and network between the radical right in Israel and the PVV.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Verbeek, B.A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hermans, Elise | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-10-29 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The central research question guiding this thesis is: how can we describe the transnational connections of radical right between the PVV and Israeli political parties in the 2005 and 2018 period. This thesis adds to the overarching theme of understanding transnational cooperation by political parties. The methodology of this thesis data uses three different methods of data collection which include a survey of newspaper articles. Semi-structured elite interviews with several actors as identified through social network analysis. In this thesis, network theory is used as a descriptive method to “connect the dots” between Wilders and his Israeli ties through a visualisation of the network using SNA. The main motivation for initiating a transnational alliance with politicians and parties Europe was not based on party or personal ideological proximity. From the Israeli perspective, politicians stated that the main reason was primarily to create a network of pro-Israeli politicians. Nevertheless, all the interviewed politicians saw Wilders as a special case. Therefore, the main finding of this thesis is that the concept of party family has only limited explanatory power over this specific radical right transnational connections. The classifications of the parties and politicians involved does not demonstrate a direct link. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/9244 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.thesis.faculty | Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen | en_US |
| dc.thesis.specialisation | Conflicts, Territories and Identities | en_US |
| dc.thesis.studyprogramme | Master Human Geography | en_US |
| dc.thesis.type | Master | en_US |
| dc.title | Is it all in the family? A descriptive analysis of the transnational connections and network between the radical right in Israel and the PVV. | en_US |
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