Populist Party Leaders in Belgium: an Analysis of VB AND PVDA-PTB
Abstract This article scrutinizes the position and the role of the party leader in two populist parties in Belgium: Vlaams Belang (VB) and Partij van de Arbeid — Parti du Travail de Belgique (PVDA-PTB). Following Mudde’s definition, populism is understood as a people-centered and anti-elitist ideology. The article argues that, if one accepts the notion that parties will organize themselves in line with their ideological beliefs, then one should expect populist parties to exhibit three main characteristics: leaders are directly elected by the party members, they have extensive powers with only... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2019 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Polish Political Science Review ; volume 7, issue 1, page 1-23 ; ISSN 2353-3773 |
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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Schlagwörter: | General Medicine |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26608637 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ppsr-2019-0001 |