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Between Horizontality and Centralisation: Organisational Form and Practice in the Finns Party
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Abstract This article provides the first comprehensive analysis of the Finns Party’s (Perussuomalaiset [PS]) formal organisation and how it operates in practice. Following the framework of this thematic issue, to what extent does the PS’s organisation follow the mass-party model and how centralised is the pa... mehr
This article provides the first comprehensive analysis of the Finns Party’s (Perussuomalaiset [PS]) formal organisation and how it operates in practice. Following the framework of this thematic issue, to what extent does the PS’s organisation follow the mass-party model and how centralised is the party in its internal decision-making? Analysis of party documents, association registries, and in-depth interviews with 24 party elite representatives reveal that the PS has developed a complex organisational structure and internal democracy since 2008. However, the power of members in regard to the party’s internal decision-making remains limited, despite the party’s leadership having facilitated a more horizontal and inclusionary organisational culture after 2017. The study reveals how the party combines radically democratic elements of its leadership selection and programme development with a very high level of centralisation of formal power in the party executive, and how the party organisationally relies on a vast and autonomous but heterogeneous network of municipal associations. The article also discusses how PS elites perceive the advantages of having a wide and active organisation characterised by low entry and participation requirements, and how party-adjacent online activism both complements and complicates the functioning of the formal party organisation.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Finnland; politische Rechte; Partei; Populismus; Organisationsform; Organisationsstruktur; politische Macht; Zentralisierung; Mitgliedschaft; Soziale Medien
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
Finns Party; activism; party democracy; party organisation; populist radical right
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2021
Seitenangabe
S. 296-306
Zeitschriftentitel
Politics and Governance, 9 (2021) 4
Heftthema
Right-Wing Populist Party Organisation Across Europe: The Survival of the Mass-Party?
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)