In this article, we focus on the candidate selection processes of Podemos in Spain and the Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S – Five Star Movement) in Italy, processes which are related to intra-party democracy. With a mixed-methods approach (including novel data from the expert survey PoPES, 31 semi-structured interviews with party representatives and militants, and analysis of party documents, statutes and leader speeches) and a comparative perspective, we explore candidate selection in the context of the broader organizational party structures over time. We find that: (1) Podemos functions like a typical centralized party, whereas M5S is a deviant case with strong and centralized control over party organization but decentralized mechanisms for candidate selection; (2) both these logics of centralization of power undermine the parties’ democratic credentials but have different consequences in terms of cohesion (expulsions/departures in M5S and splintering in Podemos); and (3) in both cases, the parties’ organizational culture and symbolic tools legitimate their top-down features.
Titolo: | Candidate Selection, Personalization and Different Logics of Centralization in New Southern European Populism: The Cases of Podemos and the M5S | |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2021 | |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/gov.2021.9 | |
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: | Settore SPS/04 - Scienza Politica | |
Parole Chiave: | candidate selection personalization of politics intra-party democracy (IPD) Southern European populism centralization of power interviews with militants and representatives | |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11384/102346 | |
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