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Record Nr.

UNINA9910253346803321

Titolo

Understanding Populist Party Organisation : The Radical Right in Western Europe / / edited by Reinhard Heinisch, Oscar Mazzoleni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-58197-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXIV, 258 p. 18 illus.)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology

Disciplina

306.2

Soggetti

Political sociology

Europe - Politics and government

Race

Political Sociology

European Politics

Race and Ethnicity Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction; Reinhard Heinisch and Oscar Mazzoleni -- 1.The Austrian Freedom Party; Reinhard Heinisch -- 2. The Vlaams Belang; Emilie van Haute and Teun Pauwels -- 3. The Swiss People’s Party; Oscar Mazzoleni and Carolina Rossini -- 4. The Lega Nord; Duncan McDonnell and Davide Vampa -- 5. The French Front National; Gilles Ivaldi and Lisa E. Lanzone -- 6. The Norwegian Progress Party; Anders Ravik Jupskås -- 7. The Sweden Democrats; Ann-Cathrine Jungar -- 8. Comparing Populist Organizations; Reinhard Heinisch and Oscar Mazzoleni.

Sommario/riassunto

Right-wing populist parties are thriving throughout Europe. With few exceptions, political systems have seen such parties make significant electoral gains and shape the national political discourse across the continent. In recent years, many populist parties have undergone leadership changes and other evolutionary challenges to which they adapted well, often contrary to expectations. This timely collection is devoted to understanding how Western European right-wing populist parties organize themselves. Without understanding the role of the



organizational dynamics, we fail to understand how populist parties adapt over time and thus endure. Providing a systematic and comprehensive analysis of organizational issues of populist parties over time, Understanding Populist Party Organisation explores a range of political parties in Western Europe, examining their internal dynamics and questioning whether it is possible to discern or construct a general “populist” party typology of organization and representation. The book includes chapters on the Austrian Freedom Party, the Vlaams Belang, the Swiss People’s Party, the Lega Nord, the Front National, the Norwegian Progress Party, the Sweden Democrats, and the Danish People’s Party. .