Explaining the Success of Neo-Liberal Populist Parties: The Case of Lijst Dedecker in Belgium

Pauwels, Teun

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9248.2009.00815.x

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“…I included the following parties: the Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs (Freedom Party of Austria) in Austria (see Heinisch, 2008); the Vlaams Blok/Vlaams Belang (Flemish Block/Flemish Interest) (see Pauwels, 2011a) and Lijst Dedecker/Libertair, Direct, Democratisch (List Dedecker/Libertarian, Direct, Democratic, LDD) (see Pauwels, 2010) in Belgium; the Schweizerische Volkspartei (Swiss People's Party) in Switzerland (see Albertazzi, 2008); Die Linke in Germany (see March, 2007); the Dansk Folkeparti (Danish People's Party) in Denmark (see Rydgren, 2004); Perussuomalaiset (the Finns Party) in Finland (see Arter, 2010); the FN in France (see Surel, 2002); Forza Italia (Go Italy, FI) (see Tarchi, 2008) and M5S (see Fella and Ruzza, 2013) in Italy; the Lijst Pim Fortuyn (List Pim Fortuyn) (see Van Kessel, 2011), the Socialistische Partij (Socialist Party, SP) (see March, 2011) and the PVV (Vossen, 2011) in the Netherlands; the Fremskrittspartiet (Progress Party) in Norway (see Jupskas, 2015); and Sverigedemokraterna (Sweden Democrats) in Sweden (see Jungar, 2015). 5 A large majority of these parties can be categorized as populist radical right parties.…”

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What unites the voter bases of populist parties? Comparing the electorates of 15 populist parties

Rooduijn

2017

Eur. Pol. Sci. Rev.

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Various scholars have argued and demonstrated that Western European populist parties have something in common. Although these parties adhere to various ideologies and employ different organizational forms and political styles, they all endorse a similar set of ideas concerning the relationship between the people and the elite. Yet despite our increasing knowledge about these parties, so far we know only very little about populist voters. Do the voter bases of populist parties also have something in common? To answer that question, I focus on the electorates of 15 prototypical populist parties from 11 Western European countries. I show that, in contrast with widely held beliefs, the electorates of populist parties do not always consist of individuals who are more likely to be 'losers of globalization' with Eurosceptic attitudes, low levels of political trust, and preferences for (more) direct democracy. This suggests that 'the' populist voter does not exist.

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What unites the voter bases of populist parties? Comparing the electorates of 15 populist parties

Rooduijn

2017

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“…46 In the analysis, the Flemish Interest scored very high on the populism barometer, along with a smaller 'neoliberal populist' party List Dedecker (later renamed Libertarian, Direct, Democratic, LDD). 47 This is rather unsurprising, as there has been little discussion about the populist nature of both parties. In third place on the populism scale, came a less usual suspect:…”

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The populist cat-dog: applying the concept of populism to contemporary European party systems

Kessel

2014

Journal of Political Ideologies

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Populism is a frequently used yet problematic concept; the term is often ill-defined and randomly applied. While these problems have been widely acknowledged, this paper argues that there are still issues with the way populism tends to be used, even if a sound definition is provided. This relates to the fact that it is often not clear whether populism is used to refer to an ideological feature of an exclusive category of political parties or whether populism is seen as a type of discourse which can be expressed by any political actor. In order to illustrate the difficulties with regard to the application of the term populism, several 'hard' cases of populism across Europe are discussed. The paper argues that in order to stimulate a more accurate use of the term, observers should be explicit not only about the meaning of populism, but also about the form in which it manifest itself.Key Words: Populism, Party Families, Concept Formation, Europe. 2 The populist cat-dog. Applying the concept of populism to contemporary European party systems. IntroductionPopulism is a concept which has frequently emerged in recent scholarly contributions and which has also attracted much attention outside of academia. Although the term has been used extensively, the concept is problematic due to the unsystematic (pejorative) use and the fact that populism is often ill defined.1 The term is regularly used to denote anti-incumbent rhetoric or to describe politicians who pander to public opinion, but definitional precision tends to be lacking. Yet, as this paper will show, also when a clear definition is provided, there are problems related to the way the concept is applied in order to describe political phenomena. Since the term has been used so widely, it is necessary to stimulate a more accurate use of the concept. This paper takes the view that this is even more important since (the surge of) populism can be seen as an indicator for the legitimacy of a political regime and the state of representative democracy in general. 2 The surge of populism is a sign that a democratically elected regime is seen to be unresponsive to the demands of a certain segment of the population.Even though the term populism is used randomly, and even though the concept can certainly be considered to be an 'essentially contested' concept, 3 Giovanni Sartori calls, a cat-dog. 5 The term is used to describe political actors that in fact cannot be placed in a single category.Starting out from a minimal definition of populism, this paper first aims to point out the difficulties of using populism in a meaningful way in order to discriminate between political actors. Specifically, using the words of Allan Sikk, the paper shows that it is hard to distinguish between populism as a 'classifier', which refers to a circumscribed universe of populist actors, and populism as a 'descriptor', which denotes (more fleeting) expressions of populist discourse in political systems. 6 Secondly, the paper seeks to investigate whether the cat-dog problem can be tack...

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“…Empirical research undertaken has also confirmed that the absence of voter trust has a profound impact on voting behaviour (Hetherington, 2005;Hetherington & Husser, 2012;Pauwels, 2010). (Pauwels, 2010).…”

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“…(Pauwels, 2010). With the advent of social media, citizens have access to knowledge and information and are able to make their own assessments and evaluations about political parties and leaders.…”

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The Influence of Political Marketing Using Social Media on Trust, Loyalty and Voting Intention of the Youth of South Africa

Dabula¹

2017

BSSJ

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South Africa has witnessed a decline in youth voter turnout. Consequently, political parties are employing marketing strategies that aim to appeal to the young voter, such as social media. Notwithstanding the increasing studies on social media in political marketing, there is a dearth of such research in South Africa. Furthermore, no studies have explored the influence of political marketing using social media on voter trust, loyalty and voting intention of the youth in the South African political context. This research intends to contribute to the increasing body of research on the efficacy of political marketing using social media by political parties in South Africa to engage with the youth and improve their election turn out. The two main research objectives are to establish the influence of political marketing using social media and on voting intention, with voter trust and voter loyalty as mediators and to determine which mediator (voter trust or voter loyalty) has the strongest influence on the outcome variable (voting intention). Using a data set of 250 respondents, between the ages of 18 and 35 years, from Gauteng Province in South Africa, this study examines these relationships. The study outcome is that all the five hypotheses are supported. The results indicate that the relationship between political marketing using social media and voter trust, political marketing using social media and voter loyalty, voter trust and voter loyalty, voter trust and voting intention and voter loyalty and voting intention are all positive in a significant way. The research paper discusses both academic, political party and marketer's implications of the results and future research directions are suggested.

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Explaining the Success of Neo-Liberal Populist Parties: The Case of Lijst Dedecker in Belgium

Cited by 66 publications

References 27 publications

What unites the voter bases of populist parties? Comparing the electorates of 15 populist parties

What unites the voter bases of populist parties? Comparing the electorates of 15 populist parties

The populist cat-dog: applying the concept of populism to contemporary European party systems

The Influence of Political Marketing Using Social Media on Trust, Loyalty and Voting Intention of the Youth of South Africa

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