Populist Party Leaders in Belgium: an Analysis of VB AND PVDA-PTB

• Autorzy: Bram Wauters , Pittoors Gilles
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

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 defi nition, populism is understood as a people-centered and anti-elitist ideology. Th e 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 minimal intra-party institutional checks, and they feature strongly in electoral campaigns. Applying this argument to the two Belgian populist parties, the article fi nds only limited evidence for the argument that populist parties mirror their ideology in the role and position of their party leader.(original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Political parties; Populism; Political leadership

PL

Partie polityczne; Populizm; Przywództwo polityczne

• Czasopismo: Polish Political Science Review. Polski Przegląd Politologiczny
• Rocznik: 2019
• Numer: Vol. 7, Iss. 1
• Strony: 1--23

Twórcy

autor

Bram Wauters

• Research group GASPAR (Ghent University), Belgium

autor

Pittoors Gilles

• Research group GASPAR (Ghent University), Belgium

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DOI

10.2478/ppsr-2019-0001