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The Distinctive Vocabularies of Right-Wing Populists
In: Government & opposition: an international journal of comparative politics, S. 1-23
ISSN: 1477-7053
Abstract
Right-wing populists are said to employ distinctive language to differentiate themselves from mainstream politicians. However, we know little about what makes their language distinct. We investigate this by assembling a novel corpus of speeches and using an automated text analysis tool to identify the keywords used by three right-wing populist leaders (Donald Trump, Marine Le Pen and Matteo Salvini) and three of their mainstream opponents (Hillary Clinton, Emmanuel Macron and Matteo Renzi). We then examine the contexts in which those keywords are used. We find that, while Trump and Salvini are stylistically populist in different ways to Le Pen, what distinguishes all of them is the clarity of the populist message (people vs elites and others) compared to their vaguer opponents. Our results have implications for how we understand populism as both ideology and style across linguistic contexts, in addition to how we conceive of its specificity compared to the mainstream.
The Party on Remote Ground: Disengaging and Disappearing?
In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of comparative politics, Band 77, Heft 1, S. 46-61
ISSN: 1460-2482
Abstract
The party on the ground has traditionally enabled linkage with the party in office along with providing candidates, selectorates, and campaign volunteers. While this still occurs in cities, we do not know how party organisation changes have affected remote areas. To investigate, we examine two remote Australian electorates: the Barkly in the Northern Territory and the Kimberley in Western Australia. Based on interviews with grassroots members, representatives and officials, we conclude that, although parties still exert their traditional functions in some remote areas, in others they have disengaged, rendering membership less meaningful and weakening the chain of democratic legitimacy.
More partisans than parachutes, more successful than not: Indigenous candidates of the major Australian parties
In: Australian journal of political science: journal of the Australasian Political Studies Association, Band 57, Heft 4, S. 346-367
ISSN: 1363-030X
The Language of Right-Wing Populist Leaders: Not So Simple
In: Perspectives on politics, Band 20, Heft 3, S. 828-841
ISSN: 1541-0986
Political scientists have long asserted that populists use simpler language than their mainstream rivals to appeal to ordinary people and distance themselves from elites. However, there is little comparative evidence in support of that claim. In this study, we investigate the linguistic simplicity of four right-wing populists compared to their principal opponents in the United States, France, United Kingdom, and Italy. We do so by analysing a corpus of approximately one million words from leaders' speeches, using a series of linguistics measures for evaluating simplicity. Contrary to expectations, we find that Donald Trump was only slightly simpler than Hillary Clinton, while Nigel Farage in the UK and Marine Le Pen in France were more complex than their main rivals, and Italy's Matteo Salvini was simpler on some measures but not others. We conclude that the simple language claim is not borne out and that other aspects of the received wisdom about populism should be re-examined.
The APSA journal list: popularity, purpose and performance
In: Australian journal of political science: journal of the Australasian Political Studies Association, Band 54, Heft 3, S. 318-333
ISSN: 1363-030X
The right-wing populism of India's Bharatiya Janata Party (and why comparativists should care)
In: Democratization, Band 26, Heft 3, S. 484-501
ISSN: 1743-890X
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Differently Eurosceptic: radical right populist parties and their supporters
In: Journal of European public policy, Band 26, Heft 12, S. 1761-1778
ISSN: 1466-4429
The right-wing populism of India's Bharatiya Janata Party (and why comparativists should care)
In: Democratization, Band 26, Heft 3, S. 484-501
ISSN: 1743-890X
Inside the personal party: Leader-owners, light organizations and limited lifespans
In: The British journal of politics & international relations: BJPIR, Band 20, Heft 2, S. 379-394
ISSN: 1467-856X
Scholars in recent decades have discussed the emergence of a new leader-dominated party type, variously described as 'personal', 'personalistic' and 'personalist'. However, there has been no original comparative research examining whether (and how) such parties resemble one another organizationally and whether they constitute a distinct organizational type. This article does so by comparing the parties of Silvio Berlusconi in Italy and Clive Palmer in Australia. Based on interviews with those in the parties and party documents, we find our cases share two distinctive organizational features: (1) the founder-leader's dominance of the party and perceived centrality to its survival and (2) the relationship between the party and members saw active members discouraged and organization at the local level was extremely limited/non-existent. Building on this analysis, we then propose three criteria for identifying other personal parties and point to the existence of a possible subtype. We conclude that the emergence of personal parties requires us to reconsider our understanding of contemporary party organizations in advanced democracies.
Respectable radicals: why some radical right parties in the European Parliament forsake policy congruence
In: Journal of European public policy, Band 25, Heft 5, S. 747-763
ISSN: 1466-4429
Different Types of Right-Wing Populist Discourse in Government and Opposition: The Case of Italy
In: South European society & politics, Band 21, Heft 3, S. 281-299
ISSN: 1743-9612
Ballots and billions: Clive Palmer's personal party
In: Australian journal of political science: journal of the Australasian Political Studies Association, Band 51, Heft 2, S. 183-197
ISSN: 1363-030X