A populist Zeitgeist? Programmatic contagion by populist parties in Western Europe
A populist Zeitgeist? Programmatic contagion by populist parties in Western Europe
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民粹主义时代精神？
DOI：
10.1177/1354068811436065
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发表时间：
2014
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影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Wouter van der Brug
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作者：
Matthijs Rooduijn;S. D. de Lange;Wouter van der Brug
在这篇文章中，我们考察了对民粹主义政党崛起的纲领反应。有人争辩说，民粹主义不一定是民粹主义政党的特权；它也被主流政党采用。这篇文章调查了民粹主义是否会传染。根据对五个西欧国家(法国、德国、意大利、荷兰和联合王国)政党竞选宣言的内容分析结果，我们得出结论，近年来主流政党的方案并没有变得更加民粹化。我们没有发现主流政党在面对选举失败或成功的民粹主义挑战者时改变其纲领的证据。然而，我们确实发现，民粹主义政党在取得成功后会改变自己的计划：最初的成功让他们缓和了民粹主义。
In this article, we examine the programmatic reactions to the rise of populist parties. It has been argued that populism is not necessarily the prerogative of populist parties; it has been adopted by mainstream parties as well. The article investigates whether populism is contagious. On the basis of the results of a content analysis of election manifestos of parties in five Western European countries (France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom), we conclude that the programmes of mainstream parties have not become more populist in recent years. We find no evidence that mainstream parties change their programmes when confronted with electoral losses or successful populist challengers. Yet, we do find that populist parties change their own programmes when they have been successful: Their initial success makes them tone down their populism.