Is the (Mass) Party Really Over? The Case of the Dutch Forum for Democracy

Over the past decades, the Netherlands has witnessed the rise of several influential populist radical right parties, including the Pim Fortuyn List (Lijst Pim Fortuyn), Geert Wilders’s Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid) and, more recently, the Forum for Democracy (Forum voor Democratie [FvD...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	Léonie de Jonge
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Cogitatio 2021
Materias:	forum for democracy mass parties party organization populist radical right the netherlands Political science (General) JA1-92
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/6d423b1ee1e74eb786a7ae0f159c306a
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:6d423b1ee1e74eb786a7ae0f159c306a
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6d423b1ee1e74eb786a7ae0f159c306a2021-11-24T11:48:17ZIs the (Mass) Party Really Over? The Case of the Dutch Forum for Democracy2183-246310.17645/pag.v9i4.4525https://doaj.org/article/6d423b1ee1e74eb786a7ae0f159c306a2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/4525https://doaj.org/toc/2183-2463Over the past decades, the Netherlands has witnessed the rise of several influential populist radical right parties, including the Pim Fortuyn List (Lijst Pim Fortuyn), Geert Wilders’s Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid) and, more recently, the Forum for Democracy (Forum voor Democratie [FvD]). By analyzing the party’s organizational structures, this article seeks to determine whether the FvD may be considered a new “mass party” and to what extent ordinary members can exert influence over the party’s internal procedures. The party’s efforts to establish a large membership base suggest that the FvD set out to build a relatively complex mass organization. Through targeted advertising campaigns, the party made strategic use of social media platforms to rally support. Thus, while the means may have changed with the advent of the internet, the FvD invested in creating some organizational features that are commonly associated with the “mass party” model. At the same time, however, the party did not really seek to foster a community of loyal partisan activists among its membership base but instead treated its members as donors. The party is clearly characterized by centralized leadership in the sense that the party’s spearhead, Thierry Baudet, maintains full control over key decision-making areas such as ideological direction, campaigning, and internal procedures. At first sight, the party appears to have departed from Wilders’s leader-centered party model. However, a closer look at the party apparatus demonstrates that the FvD is, in fact, very hierarchical, suggesting that the party’s internal democracy is much weaker than the party’s name might suggest.Léonie de JongeCogitatioarticleforum for democracymass partiesparty organizationpopulist radical rightthe netherlandsPolitical science (General)JA1-92ENPolitics and Governance, Vol 9, Iss 4, Pp 286-295 (2021)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	forum for democracy mass parties party organization populist radical right the netherlands Political science (General) JA1-92
spellingShingle	forum for democracy mass parties party organization populist radical right the netherlands Political science (General) JA1-92 Léonie de Jonge Is the (Mass) Party Really Over? The Case of the Dutch Forum for Democracy
description	Over the past decades, the Netherlands has witnessed the rise of several influential populist radical right parties, including the Pim Fortuyn List (Lijst Pim Fortuyn), Geert Wilders’s Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid) and, more recently, the Forum for Democracy (Forum voor Democratie [FvD]). By analyzing the party’s organizational structures, this article seeks to determine whether the FvD may be considered a new “mass party” and to what extent ordinary members can exert influence over the party’s internal procedures. The party’s efforts to establish a large membership base suggest that the FvD set out to build a relatively complex mass organization. Through targeted advertising campaigns, the party made strategic use of social media platforms to rally support. Thus, while the means may have changed with the advent of the internet, the FvD invested in creating some organizational features that are commonly associated with the “mass party” model. At the same time, however, the party did not really seek to foster a community of loyal partisan activists among its membership base but instead treated its members as donors. The party is clearly characterized by centralized leadership in the sense that the party’s spearhead, Thierry Baudet, maintains full control over key decision-making areas such as ideological direction, campaigning, and internal procedures. At first sight, the party appears to have departed from Wilders’s leader-centered party model. However, a closer look at the party apparatus demonstrates that the FvD is, in fact, very hierarchical, suggesting that the party’s internal democracy is much weaker than the party’s name might suggest.
format	article
author	Léonie de Jonge
author_facet	Léonie de Jonge
author_sort	Léonie de Jonge
title	Is the (Mass) Party Really Over? The Case of the Dutch Forum for Democracy
title_short	Is the (Mass) Party Really Over? The Case of the Dutch Forum for Democracy
title_full	Is the (Mass) Party Really Over? The Case of the Dutch Forum for Democracy
title_fullStr	Is the (Mass) Party Really Over? The Case of the Dutch Forum for Democracy
title_full_unstemmed	Is the (Mass) Party Really Over? The Case of the Dutch Forum for Democracy
title_sort	is the (mass) party really over? the case of the dutch forum for democracy
publisher	Cogitatio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/6d423b1ee1e74eb786a7ae0f159c306a
work_keys_str_mv	AT leoniedejonge isthemasspartyreallyoverthecaseofthedutchforumfordemocracy
_version_	1718415053999308800

Is the (Mass) Party Really Over? The Case of the Dutch Forum for Democracy

Ejemplares similares