Right-Wing Populist Party Organisation Across Europe: The Survival of the Mass-Party? Introduction to the Thematic Issue

Daniele Albertazzi and Stijn van Kessel
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Daniele Albertazzi: Department of Politics, University of Surrey, UK
Stijn van Kessel: School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London, UK

Politics and Governance, 2021, vol. 9, issue 4, 224-227

Abstract: This thematic issue assesses the organisational forms of a broad range of right-wing populist parties (RWPPs) across Europe (12 in total). It interrogates received wisdom about the supposed leader-centeredness of such parties and investigates, in particular, the extent to which the mass party, as an organisational model, remains popular among RWPPs. This introduction presents the aims, research questions, and analytical framework of the issue and justifies its selection of cases. The resilience of the mass party model highlighted in many articles challenges the dominant trend that party organisation literature has identified: a unidirectional shift towards “catch-all,” “electoral-professional,” or “cartel” organisations.

Keywords: mass party; party membership; party organisation; populism; radical right (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.17645/pag.v9i4.5002

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