Going, going,… not quite gone yet? ‘Bossi’s Lega’ and the survival of the mass party
Going, going,… not quite gone yet? ‘Bossi’s Lega’ and the survival of the mass party
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去吧，去吧……还没完全消失吗？
DOI：
10.1080/23248823.2016.1193349
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发表时间：
2016
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通讯作者：
D. Albertazzi
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作者：
D. Albertazzi
摘要后工业社会中党员数量的减少一直是学术界关注的焦点，他们认为，政党现在缺乏保持大量党员的动力。然而，一些右翼民粹主义政党继续依靠激进主义，扎根于地方一级，并推动建立由有意识形态信念的成员组成的封闭社区。总之，他们采用了群众性政党的组织模式。本文以翁贝托·博西（Umberto Bossi，1991-2012）领导的意大利北方联盟（LN）为研究对象，通过对该党成员的个人和团体访谈，探讨了后者的行动主义经历。它强调了为什么积极分子留在LN的原因，以及他们从中获得了什么，并提供了他们对党的承诺的力量的证据，表明在人民中培养强大的集体认同是LN吸引力的重要组成部分。文章的结论是，即使在今天，群众性政党的模式也远远没有过时。
ABSTRACT Scholarly literature has devoted a lot of attention to the declining number of party members in post-industrial societies, arguing that parties now lack the incentives to maintain a large membership. However, some right-wing populist parties have continued to rely on activism by being rooted at the local level and by fostering the creation of closed communities of ideologically committed members. In short, they have adopted the organizational model of the mass party. By focusing on one of these organizations, the Italian Lega Nord (Northern League, LN) under the leadership of Umberto Bossi (1991–2012), and by drawing on individual and group interviews with party members, this article explores the latter’s experiences of activism. It highlights the reasons why activists stayed in the LN and what they gained from doing so and provides evidence of the strength of their commitment to their party, showing that the fostering of a strong collective identity among people was an important ingredient of the LN’s appeal. The article concludes that the model of the mass party is far from having become obsolete, even today.