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Ami Pedahzur and Avraham
Brichta, "The Institutionalization of Extreme Right-Wing
Charismatic Parties: A Paradox?" Party Politics,
January 2002, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 31-49.
First Paragraph:
On the morning of 4 October
1999, almost every citizen in the Western world was exposed
to the smiling face of Austrian far-right leader Jörg
Haider filling the front pages of the daily newspapers.
Haider had very good reason to smile. His party had won 26.9
percent of the total vote and thus became the second largest
party in the Austrian parliament. This was the greatest
success experienced by an extreme right-wing party in Europe
for the past fifty years. Four months later the smiling face
of Haider reappeared, this time after becoming king-maker in
the newly established coalition government in
Austria.
Figures and Tables:
Table 1. Phases of development
of charismatic parties*
Figure 1. The FN at the legislative Polls*
Figure 2. The FPÖ at the legislative polls
Last Paragraph:
However, as mentioned by
Panebianco, the fact that a party is highly
institutionalized is no guarantee that de
institutionalization . . . will not take place when its
environment undergoes radical changes (1988: 623). Our
definition of institutionalization is rather different from
Panebiancos. Yet, we tend to agree that even after
completing the institutionalization process and reaching
stabilization, hard charismatic parties are still
vulnerable, like other parties, to external and internal
influences. If they are unsuccessful in realizing the
routinization of charisma, these parties are even more
likely to be susceptible when the charismatic leader leaves
the scene.
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