Understanding Movement Parties Through Their Communication

ISBN-13: 9781032439105 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 188 str.

Mercea, Dan

Opis

In many countries, movement parties have swayed large tracts of the electorate. Contributions to this edited book reflect on the place of movement parties in democratic politics through analyses of their communication. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal, Information, Communication & Society.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Understanding movement parties through their communication  2. Communication in progressive movement parties: against populism and beyond digitalism  3. ‘We do politics so we can change politics’: communication strategies and practices in the Aam Aadmi Party’s institutionalization process  4. Reverting trajectories? UKIP’s organisational and discursive change after the Brexit referendum  5. Social networks and digital organisation: far right parties at the 2019 Australian federal election  6. Decentralizing electoral campaigns? New-old parties, grassroots and digital activism  7. Are digital platforms potential drivers of the populist vote? A comparative analysis of France, Germany and Italy  8. Still ‘fire in the (full) belly’? Anti-establishment rhetoric before and after government participation  9. Does populism go viral? How Italian leaders engage citizens through social media  10. Why study media ecosystems?