The rise of entrepreneurial parties in European politics. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Vít Hloušek, Lubomír Kopeček, Petra Vodová.
• Authors: Hloušek, Vít; Kopeček, Lubomír; Vodová, Petra
• Contents: ​Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Political entrepreneurs and their parties: conceptual and typological issuesTypes of parties in the context of historical and social trendsConceptual differences, definition and concept of entrepreneurial partiesA typology of entrepreneurial partiesThe institutionalisation of entrepreneurial partiesResearch sources and instruments Chapter 3 The party as a spin-off from a business empireThe (in)famous pioneer: Berlusconi's Forza Italia 'Down with the dinosaurs!' or too private Public Affairs in CzechiaManage everything as a firm: Andrej Babiš's ANO in CzechiaOn the wrong side of Lithuanian law: Viktor Uspaskich and his Labour PartyPalikot's Movement: a one-off sensation involving a Polish political provocateur Similarities and differences Chapter 4 Two tycoons and their one-man showsAustria's Team Stronach: politics as a failed financial investmentThe Slovak performer Igor Matovič and his Ordinary People Similarities and differences Chapter 5 Entrepreneurial parties without firms and without membersHow to build a successful project: Geert Wilders' Party for FreedomA closed party failed project: Tomio Okamura's Dawn of Direct Democracy Similarities and differences Chapter 6 How to build a party organisation without financial capitalThe Norwegian Progress Party: From a free-wheeling, indignant dog-kennel owner to a centralist leader Paweł Kukiz: a Polish punk-rock star's campaign against political parties Tomio Okamura's struggle on behalf of the Czech nation against immigrant 'parasites'Similarities and differences Chapter 7 Collapse or survival: the organisational resilience of entrepreneurial partiesRisks posed by political entrepreneurship to democratic politics.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (215 pages)
• Subjects: 324.24; Political parties -- Europe; Entrepreneurship -- Europe
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030419165
• Related ISBNs: 9783030419158
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