Change and stability: How the party leaderships of the Danish Progress Party and Danish People’s Party organized

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The purpose of this article is to show the role played by party leadership in the Progress Party and Danish People’s Party in the formation and consolidation of party organization, policy and strategy. The added knowledge provided by this article is an elaboration on one of the successful so-called radical right political parties of this century, namely the Danish People’s Party, and its predecessor, the Progress Party, for the non-Danish speaking audience. Based on a plethora of data sources (interviews, documents, surveys and secondary material), the analysis shows that the difference in how the Progress Party and Danish People’s Party organized is much larger than any organizational change after the party leader change from Kjærsgaard to Thulesen Dahl. While Kjærsgaard was not able to implement marked organizational changes within the Progress Party, she did stand for a different strategy and policy than Glistrup, focusing on parliamentary influence, and a right-wing position on the new politics dimension, but more pro welfare on the redistributive dimension. There were no substantial changes in organization, strategy or policy when Thulesen Dahl took over the party leadership of the Danish People’s Party; however, the strategy prior to the 2019 election did change. In sum, the overall expectation that party change is larger when Kjærsgaard take over from Glistrup in the Progress Party, and in particular when establishing the new Danish People’s Party, than when Thulesen Dahl takes over from Kjærsgaard, is mainly supported.
Bidragets oversatte titelForandring og stabilitet. Fremskridtspartiets og Dansk Folkepartis organisering
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftPolish Political Science Review
Vol/bind7
Udgave nummer1
Sider (fra-til)61-79
Antal sider19
ISSN2353-3773
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2019

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