Radical Right Parties and Uncivil Society in Ukraine

Recent years have seen a rise around the globe not only in radical right parties, but also in radical right uncivil society groups. This study compares the support base and attitudinal correlates of support among these two manifestations of radical right ideology - one a party engaged in conventional politics and one a movement engaged in unconventional politics. Do they draw on the same supporters{are they complements? This paper examines the complementarity hypothesis and demonstrates that there is a one-way (but not a two-way) linkage between supporters of militias and parties. Party networks draw supporters from militia fans, but militia sympathizers can not be exclusively linked to radical right voters and supporters. Further, while prejudice determines support for militias, it does not influence support for radical right parties. The paper uses an original survey with list experiments conducted in Ukraine, covering over 2000 respondents.