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posted on 2014-08-08, 13:17 authored by Stijn van KesselThis paper assesses the electoral performance of populist parties in three European
countries: the Netherlands, Poland and the United Kingdom. In explaining the electoral
performance of the populist parties in the three countries, the paper considers the
agency of political parties in particular. More specifically, it will assess the
responsiveness of established parties and the credibility of the populist parties. Whereas
the agency of populist parties, or other radical outsiders, has often been overlooked in
previous comparative studies, this paper argues that the credibility of the populist
parties themselves plays a crucial role in understanding their electoral success and
failure.
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