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Lammers, Joris ORCID: 0000-0002-2647-121X and Baldwin, Matthew (2020). Make America gracious again: Collective nostalgia can increase and decrease support for right-wing populist rhetoric. Eur. J. Soc. Psychol., 50 (5). S. 943 - 955. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1099-0992

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Abstract

Democracies across the globe are shaken by a new class of populist right-wing politicians. A defining element of right-wing populism is a preference for antagonistic rhetoric to describe opponents. Three studies connect support for right-wing populist rhetoric to collective nostalgia for the past. Importantly, the results show that collective nostalgia can both increase and decrease support for right-wing populist antagonistic rhetoric, depending on how the past is conceptualized. Nostalgia for a past characterized by political incorrectness is associated with increased support, whereas nostalgia for the past's greater decorum is associated with decreased support for right-wing populism. Studies 1 and 2 show this with vignettes. Study 3 measures support for Trump and the GOP in the 2018 midterm elections. Although right-wing populism is often seen as the result of a wave of nostalgia, our results show that this link can be disconnected and even reversed.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Lammers, Joris UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2647-121X UNSPECIFIED Baldwin, Matthew UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-335722
DOI:	10.1002/ejsp.2673
Journal or Publication Title:	Eur. J. Soc. Psychol.
Volume:	50
Number:	5
Page Range:	S. 943 - 955
Date:	2020
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1099-0992
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Human Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Human Sciences > Department Psychologie
Subjects:	Psychology
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language POLITICAL CONSERVATISM; SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS; DONALD TRUMP; IN-GROUP; AGGRESSION; CONTINUITY; IDEOLOGY; BENEFITS; EMOTION; THREAT Multiple languages Psychology, Social Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/33572