2023
DOI: 10.1057/s41269-023-00292-9
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Populist pragmatism: the nationalisation of local government strategies by the Rassemblement National

Abstract: Existing studies have explored the territorialisation of the Rassemblement National (RN) in terms of its regional variation in patterns of support and mobilisation strategies. The extent of regional variation in its local government strategies, however, has been neglected. In this article, we make this enquiry through comparison of two municipalities run by the RN between 2014 and 2020. While similar in local demand and central party supply, the municipalities differ in their socio-economic context and politic… Show more

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“…Ninety per cent of the things we deal with are not about left or right politics, but about common sense. (Mayor's chief of staff, Middletown) This emphasis on 'common sense' politics resonates with what scholars term 'populist pragmatism' (Peace and Paxton 2023) or 'technocratic populism', prioritizing efficiency, outcomes and performance over ideology (Drápalová and Wegrich 2021: 645). It represents a method of depoliticizing local governance, aiming to distance itself from PRR ideology, which was crucial if the party was to overcome the stigma of previous municipal administration experiences.…”
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confidence: 91%
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“…Ninety per cent of the things we deal with are not about left or right politics, but about common sense. (Mayor's chief of staff, Middletown) This emphasis on 'common sense' politics resonates with what scholars term 'populist pragmatism' (Peace and Paxton 2023) or 'technocratic populism', prioritizing efficiency, outcomes and performance over ideology (Drápalová and Wegrich 2021: 645). It represents a method of depoliticizing local governance, aiming to distance itself from PRR ideology, which was crucial if the party was to overcome the stigma of previous municipal administration experiences.…”
Section: Research Context and Methodologymentioning
confidence: 91%
“…This socioeconomic composition bears significant ideological implications. While the blue-collar base in the north represents a more recent electoral expansion aligned with the party's 'new' social message (Peace and Paxton 2023), the south-east embodies the party's historical ideological core: staunchly anti-leftist and antiimmigrant, with a distinct penchant for law-and-order policies (Huc 2019). Moreover, the return to France of considerable numbers of pieds-noirs (European settlers) following the Algerian war of independence (1954)(1955)(1956)(1957)(1958)(1959)(1960)(1961)(1962), coupled with a historical military presence (Bayle 2014), nurtured a territorially rooted, militarist nostalgia for France's colonial past.…”
Section: Research Context and Methodologymentioning
confidence: 99%
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