Radikaliųjų dešiniųjų iškilimas Šiaurės šalyse: Islandijos išskirtinumo atvejis

• Main Author: Morkūnaitė, Vaida
• Other Authors: Jurkynas, Mindaugas
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: Lithuanian; English
• Published: Institutional Repository of Vytautas Magnus University 2021
• Subjects: Radical right; far right; populism; Nordic; Icelandic National Front; Norway; Iceland
• Online Access: http://vdu.oai.elaba.lt/documents/20013669.pdf; http://vdu.lvb.lt/VDU:ELABAETD20013669&prefLang=en_US

This Master Thesis analyzes the rise of radical right parties in Nordic countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland) and the exceptionalism of Iceland„s case in this context. In Iceland radical right parties have not achieved success in elections – neither at the municipality level, nor at the national level till these days. The aim of this thesis is to find out what reasons caused such unpopularity of far right parties in Iceland. The main object of the research is situation and attitudes towards radical right parties in Iceland. To reach the aim, analysis of radical right term is conducted, including the analysis of radical right parties‟ features. The research is based on theoretical model of supply and demand, which explains the reasons of far right parties arise. The model includes reasons, which come from party itself, internal context of the country and from the needs of society. The research of economical, social and political contexts and the main radical right parties‟ policy, programs and rhetoric of Nordic countries is based on this theoretical supply-demand model. In Iceland‟s case the only one existing party of radical right – Icelandic National Front (INF) is analyzed. In order to find out the failure of this party, interviews of INF supporters are invoked. The results of the analysis have shown that the biggest influence for the radical right parties‟ unpopularity in Iceland comes from society and political parties‟ attitudes toward migration topic – migration is not considered as a problem by the both sides, as INF party holds it as the main problem of the country. The alternative anti-system Pirate Party arise, which anti-corruption policy was more relevant to society than INF party‟s anti-immigrant position. A clear ideological divide between parties did not give the niche sphere for INF party to arise. The lack of a strong leader, which was one of the main reasons of radical right parties arise in all Nordic countries, also conducted to the failure of radical right parties arise in Iceland.