- Please join us this Thursday for the book launch of: 'Populist Radical Right Parties in Action: The Survival of the Mass Party' (Oxford University Press). 📕 🚀 Date: Thursday 20th November 2025, 17.00-18.30hrs (followed by reception) Location: Queen Mary University, Graduate Centre, Room GC201. /1
- Info: Daniele Albertazzi (University of Surrey) and @stijntvankessel.bsky.social (QMUL) will present their recently published research monograph Populist Radical Right Parties in Action: The Survival of the Mass Party' (OUP; co-authored with A. Favero, N. Hatakka, J. Sijstermans, M. Zulianello). /2
- This book investigates why and how several contemporary populist radical right parties (PRRPs) in Western Europe adopt the supposedly outdated mass party organizational model. /3Nov 18, 2025 13:26
- Through an analysis of party structures and interviews with 125 PRRP elites and 100 active members, the book opens the black box of four populist radical right mass party organizations in Belgium 🇧🇪, Finland 🇫🇮, Italy 🇮🇹, and Switzerland🇨🇭. /4
- The study finds that party elites consider the mass party model advantageous to their party’s electoral goals, organizational functioning, and survival. /5
- In addition, the book shows how a collective sense of efficacy is key in keeping activist members motivated to invest time and effort in party activities, despite experiencing stigmatization and receiving few concrete benefits in return. /6
- Based on its findings, the book re-evaluates received wisdoms of party organization theory, and shows how traditional forms of party organization adapt to changing political contexts and communication environments. /7
- The presentation is followed by reflections provided by discussant and CGD director, Corina Lacatus (QMUL), a Q&A with the audience, and refreshments at the end. /end
