Institutionalisation (and De-Institutionalisation) of Right-Wing Protest Parties: The Progress Parties in Denmark and Norway

Harmel, Robert; Svåsand, Lars G.; Mjelde, Hilmar

ISBN 10: 1786607395 / ISBN 13: 9781786607393

Published by ECPR Press, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Institutionalisation (and De-Institutionalisation) of Right-Wing Protest Parties: The Progress Parties in Denmark and Norway
• Publisher: ECPR Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1786607395
• ISBN 13: 9781786607393
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

When it comes to party institutionalisation – at least for entrepreneurial right-wing protest parties -- leadership matters! That is the primary takeaway from this book.

Of the hundreds of new parties that have formed since the 1970s, many have fallen by the wayside, but others have gone on to reach institution-hood. And some of the latter have then met with decay and de-institutionalisation.

The experiences of the Progress Parties of Denmark and Norway – both of which institutionalised and one of which then de-institutionalised – shed important light on both topics.

While focusing particularly on those two cases, the authors develop conceptual and theoretical frameworks that are broadly applicable, as demonstrated in the final chapter and in an elaborate appendix.

About the Authors

Lars G. Svåsand is the Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Bergen.

Hilmar Mjelde is Postdoctoral Fellow at The University of Bergen.