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Andreas Schedler, "Anti-Political-Establishment Parties,"
Party Politics, 2 (July, 1996), 291-312.
First Paragraph:
Since the mid-1980s and, above all, since the emblematic
annus mirabilis of 1989, numerous
anti-political-establishment parties have entered the
political arena in old as well as in new democracies. Often
described as populist or extremist, these new
confrontational parties paint vivid, colorful pictures of
policy failure. They accuse established parties of forming
an exclusionary cartel, unresponsive and unaccountable, and
they portray public officials as a homogeneous class of
lazy, incompetent, self-enriching and power-driven
villains.
Figures and Tables:
Figure 1: The anti-political triangle.
Figure 2: Modes of opposition.
Last Paragraph:
Second, he could try to drive anti-political-establishment
parties out of their position of semiloyalty. That is,
either try to discredit them by imputing anti-democratic
motives to them; or try to integrate them into the party
system by offering recognition and even cooperation in case
of 'good conduct', that is, in case of unequivocal
democratic behavior. In either case, we are reminded of Juan
Linz's warning: 'Much sophistication is needed...to discern
which groups and individuals from the [semi-loyal]
opposition...can become loyal or honestly neutral but
compliant citizens' (Linz, 1978: 34).
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