Rozważania nad populistyczną naturą Alternatywy dla Niemiec

• Authors: Cymbaluk Łukasz , Ziółek Damian

Title variants

EN

Reflections on the populist nature of the Alternative for Germany political party

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Alternative for Germany has recently become a phenomenon on the German political scene, especially after the 2017 Bundestag elections. The article contains an analysis and an attempt to explain the populist nature of the party, pointing to what elements may confirm or deny its populistic character. There are some indicators that show Alternative for Germany can be described as an example of populism, especially including the use of left-and right-wing postulates, an anti-system and anti-establishment attitude, temporalization of constructing political communication and usage of social sentiments. On the other hand, there are some visible determinants that go beyond the model of the populist party, for instance the technocratic nature of the party, the lack of a significant unit of a charismatic leader. Also, many issues that raise doubts can be underlined, for example the ideological sphere of the party. Furthermore, the article also contains considerations about the possible effects of functioning of the political group in the German party system.

Keywords

PL

Alternatywa dla Niemiec; AfD; Partia polityczna; Populizm; System partyjny Niemiec; Wybory; Wybory do Bundestagu 2017

EN

Alternative for Germany; Alternative für Deutschland; AfD; political party; populism; German political parties; German party system; Bundestag election 2017

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego
• Journal: Wrocławskie Studia Politologiczne
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 27
• Pages: 120-137

Contributors

author

Cymbaluk Łukasz

• Uniwersytet Wrocławski

author

Ziółek Damian

Identifiers

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.19195/1643-0328.27.8