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
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In: Journal of European public policy, Band 26, Heft 12, S. 1761-1778
ISSN: 1466-4429
In: Democratization, Band 26, Heft 3, S. 484-501
ISSN: 1743-890X
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.
In: Journal of European public policy, Band 25, Heft 5, S. 747-763
ISSN: 1466-4429
In: South European society & politics, Band 21, Heft 3, S. 281-299
ISSN: 1743-9612
In: Australian journal of political science: journal of the Australasian Political Studies Association, Band 51, Heft 2, S. 183-197
ISSN: 1363-030X
In: Australian journal of political science, Band 51, Heft 2, S. 183-197
In: South European society & politics, Band 21, Heft 3, S. 281-299
ISSN: 1360-8746
In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 56, Heft 1, S. 70-91
ISSN: 1475-6765
AbstractRight‐wing populist parties tend to combine criticism of how liberal democracy functions with calls for greater direct democracy. But do their voters share that support for direct democracy? In this article, survey data is used to examine, first, whether right‐wing populist candidates in Australia, Canada and New Zealand were more supportive of direct democracy than candidates of other parties. Second, the views of right‐wing populist voters about the functioning of democracy and direct democracy are investigated. While right‐wing populist candidates turned out to be far more likely to support direct democracy, right‐wing populist supporters did not mirror the candidates. Although these were among the most dissatisfied with how democracy worked, they did not necessarily favour referendums more than other voters. The findings have implications both for how we conceive of the relationship between populism and direct democracy and the remedies proposed for redressing populist discontent.
In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research
ISSN: 0304-4130