@inbook{840431a2e3d1485a80b5b57f9f844cba,
title = "The end of the world is always better in theory: The strained relationship between populist radical right parties and the state-of-crisis narrative",
abstract = "Populist radical right (PRR) parties depend on the idea of a “corrupt elite” when framing the challenges ahead and communicating these to voters. Previous studies highlight the importance of immigration and the role various {\textquoteleft}disaster narratives{\textquoteright} play for the (continued) success of the PRR. These discourses allude to a constant state of crisis the nation is in after its long-term mismanagement by the corrupt mainstream elite. The PRR portrays itself as the saviour therefore - of the nation, of the (welfare) state, and of the people. Yet the idea - or at least the potential – of a crisis usually works better for the PRR than an actual crisis. A recent example is its haphazard response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, and the confused application of traditional disaster narratives regarding asylum migration and EU/NATO membership. The chapter investigates the above issues, focussing on the deviant cases of Finland and Sweden, and their respective PRR parties - the Finns Party (Perussuomalaiset - PS) and the Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna - SD).",
keywords = "crisis narratives, immigration, True Finns, Sweden Democrats, NATO membership, European Union",
author = "Markus Ketola and Pontus Odmalm",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023.",
year = "2023",
month = nov,
day = "8",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-031-41640-8_9",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783031416392",
series = "The Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan",
pages = "163--177",
editor = "Corina Lacatus and Georg Lofflman and Gustav Meibauer",
booktitle = "Political Communication and Performative Leadership",
edition = "1st",
}