Local election results show the hurdles along the path to power for French far right Rassemblement National was hoping to make a splash in some big cities ahead of next year’s presidential election, but this failed to materialise.

Local election results show the hurdles along the path to power for French far right
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🔮 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...
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