Understanding Movement Parties Through their Communication

Author:   Dan Mercea (City, University of London) ,  Lorenzo Mosca (University of Milan, Italy)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781032439112


Pages:   192
Publication Date:   09 October 2024
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In many countries, movement parties have swayed large tracts of the electorate. Contributions to this edited book reflect on the place of movement parties in democratic politics through analyses of their communication. Reviewing evidence from several countries including cases from Europe, Australia and India where movement parties have gained ground in politics, this book illuminates the important role that communication has played in their rise as well as the issues surrounding it. Movement parties have expressed greater sensitivity to neglected issues, a commitment to renewing links with marginalized social groups through more direct—chiefly online—communication with them as well as an ambition to overhaul both the party organization and the political system. In doing so, they have signalled a desire to disrupt and reimagine politics. Yet, the critical examination of their efforts—and of the communication environment in which they operate—against questions regarding the quality of democracy—throws into relief a mismatch between a participation-oriented rhetoric and concrete democratic practices. Accordingly, contributions draw attention to disconnections between a professed need for more immediate and greater participation in movement party organization and policymaking, on the one hand, their organizational practices and the communication of parties, leaders, and supporters, on the other. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal, Information, Communication & Society.

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Author:   Dan Mercea (City, University of London) ,  Lorenzo Mosca (University of Milan, Italy)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.370kg
ISBN:  

9781032439112


ISBN 10:   1032439114
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   09 October 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Understanding movement parties through their communication 2. Communication in progressive movement parties: against populism and beyond digitalism 3. ‘We do politics so we can change politics’: communication strategies and practices in the Aam Aadmi Party’s institutionalization process 4. Reverting trajectories? UKIP’s organisational and discursive change after the Brexit referendum 5. Social networks and digital organisation: far right parties at the 2019 Australian federal election 6. Decentralizing electoral campaigns? New-old parties, grassroots and digital activism 7. Are digital platforms potential drivers of the populist vote? A comparative analysis of France, Germany and Italy 8. Still ‘fire in the (full) belly’? Anti-establishment rhetoric before and after government participation 9. Does populism go viral? How Italian leaders engage citizens through social media 10. Why study media ecosystems?

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Dan Mercea is Reader in Digital and Social Change at City, University of London, UK. Lorenzo Mosca is Professor of Digital Media and Datafied Society at the University of Milan, Italy.

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