Populist Radical Right Parties in Action by Daniele Albertazz... - 9780192899736

Populist Radical Right Parties in ActionThe Survival of the Mass Party\nAuthor(s): Daniele Albertazzi, Stijn van Kessel, Adrian Favero, Niko Hatakka, Judith Sijstermans, Mattia Zulianello\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Oxford University Press\nISBN-13: 9780192899736, 978-0192899736\nSynopsis\nThe first half of the 20th century saw the rise of political organizations characterized by clearly identifiable ideologies rooted in local communities, the so-called mass parties; however, this organizational model is now widely assumed to belong to the past. Citizens are seen to disengage from party politics, and in an age of mass and new social media, old as well as new parties can reach out to the electorate without the need for extensive face-to-face interaction. However, the mass party model has proven to be resilient and indeed successful among several populist radical right parties (PRRPs), which criticize established parties precisely fors