Fred Paxton

🔮 Can local independents block the rise of populism in ‘left-behind’ communities? Independent local lists are often seen as a sign of democratic community organisation. More than that, write Fred Paxton and Eliška Drápalová, their rise may actually limit the success of populist par...

🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.102 
📃 Independent local lists are often seen as a sign of democratic community organisation.
📈 @fredpaxton.bsky.social & Eliška Drápalová argue that their rise may also limit the success of populist parties among voters disenchanted with mainstream politics.
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Who profits from discontent in "left behind" areas?

In our new @prxjournal.bsky.social article, Eliska and I show that independent local lists constrain the electoral performance of populist parties. Where local independents thrive, populist parties struggle.

Read on:
doi.org/10.1080/2474...

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Movement parties in Europe: a comparative assessment - Acta Politica Research on political parties and social movements has long developed independently, separated by the disciplinary boundaries of political science and sociology. We see the recent successes of ‘moveme...

❓What are movement parties, how can we define them, measure them quantitatively, and identify examples in 🇪🇺?

Our new introduction with Fred Paxton to the special issue of
@actapolitica.bsky.social on "Movement Parties in Europe" answers these questions: doi.org/10.1057/s412...
Short 🧵on the issue👇