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Populists as Chameleons? An Adaptive Learning Approach to the Rise of Populist Politicians
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Abstract This paper envisions populism as a vote- and attention-maximizing strategy. It applies an adaptive learning approach to understand successes of populist party leaders. I assume that populists are ideologically flexible and continually search for a more beneficial policy position, in terms of both el... mehr
This paper envisions populism as a vote- and attention-maximizing strategy. It applies an adaptive learning approach to understand successes of populist party leaders. I assume that populists are ideologically flexible and continually search for a more beneficial policy position, in terms of both electoral support and media attention, by retaining political claims that yield positive feedback and discard those that encounter negative feedback. This idea is empirically tested by analyzing the Dutch populist leader Pim Fortuyn and the development of his stance about immigration and integration issues. In contrast to the conventional wisdom, the results do not show any empirical support for the claim that Fortuyn was ideologically driven by the opinion polls or by media publicity during the 2002 Dutch parliamentary election campaign. The findings thus suggest that populist parties are perhaps less distinctive in their strategies from mainstream parties than often claimed.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
politische Strategie; Populismus; Politiker; Wahlkampf; politische Meinung; Meinungsbildung; Wahlverhalten; politische Einstellung; politische Rechte; Einwanderung; Niederlande
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
adaptive learning
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2015
Seitenangabe
S. 56-74
Zeitschriftentitel
European Quarterly of Political Attitudes and Mentalities, 4 (2015) 2
ISSN
2285-4916
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung