Insights from Internal Supply Side Perspectives (Structures, Ideas, Mobilizations)

Abstract

The literature on extremism, radicalism and populism provides important insights on grand processes but still too little about the internal functioning of these organizations. While “internal supply” factors are often mentioned when explaining their electoral success, too little is known about their leadership, cadres, organization, and about the socialization of their activists and voters. To address this gap, the panel offers a set of papers addressing the inner life of extreme, radical and populist organizations focusing on the cases of Podemos, the Five Star Movement, and the Front national.