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Do Populists Represent? Theoretical Considerations on How Populist Parties (Might) Enact their Representative Function
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Abstract Are populist parties bad for representative democracy or are they filling a representative gap? While it has been broadly established that the emergence and success of populist parties is not merely a sign of protest, there is still a sparsity of empirical investigations into whether these parties r... view more
Are populist parties bad for representative democracy or are they filling a representative gap? While it has been broadly established that the emergence and success of populist parties is not merely a sign of protest, there is still a sparsity of empirical investigations into whether these parties represent hitherto under- or unrepresented social groups or whether they offer a policy profile that was in demand but not present. Using Pitkin's concepts of symbolic, descriptive and substantive representation, this article opens up the dimensions in which populist parties might challenge or aid democratic representation. It then places the articles in the Special Issue 'Populist Representation of, by and for the People?' along these dimensions and highlights their specific contributions.... view less
Keywords
populism; representation; party; democracy
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 379-392
Journal
Representation, 55 (2019) 4
Issue topic
Minding the gap? Political Representation of Populist Parties
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/10419/227133
ISSN
1749-4001
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications