Populist radical right parties' novel approach to social policy and its impact on voter dynamics : FPÖ's social policy developments from 1994-2019 and voting behavior in Austria

Autischer, Lauritz

This thesis investigates the impact of social policy on the electorate of populist radical right parties (PRRPs) by the example of Austria ́s FPÖ. It is argued that the shift of European PRRPs away from a minimal, neo-liberal understanding of welfare towards a more generous but restricted social pol