1.2 Research Question and Unit of Analysis This study frames its research question as follows: Under which combination(s) of macro-level demand-side and / or supply-side conditions have radical right parties in CEECs been electorally successful in national parliamentary elections held from 2000 to 2010? The units of analysis are national parliamentary elections. The study analyses how conditions combined at the time of each election and which of them produced electoral success for radical right parties. In total, the analysis includes twenty parliamentary elections. Following the conventional structure of studies using QCA, the next section begins by explaining how this study conceptualizes electoral success in terms of radical right parties. This will be followed by a discussion of the selection of conditions thought to increase the chances of achieving electoral success by radical right parties. While doing so, the discussion touches on historical and economic differences between West Europe and CEE; these differences have led this study to include some conditions that are less relevant (or totally irrelevant) to West European countries.
1.2 Research Question and Unit of Analysis This study frames its research question as follows: Under which combination(s) of macro-level demand-side and / or supply-side conditions have radical right parties in CEECs been electorally successful in national parliamentary elections held from 2000 to 2010? The units of analysis are national parliamentary elections. The study analyses how conditions combined at the time of each election and which of them produced electoral success for radical right parties. In total, the analysis includes twenty parliamentary elections. Following the conventional structure of studies using QCA, the next section begins by explaining how this study conceptualizes electoral success in terms of radical right parties. This will be followed by a discussion of the selection of conditions thought to increase the chances of achieving electoral success by radical right parties. While doing so, the discussion touches on historical and economic differences between West Europe and CEE; these differences have led this study to include some conditions that are less relevant (or totally irrelevant) to West European countries.
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