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The evolution of politics and society in the contemporary world has been a fascinating and challenging process. One of the most interesting phenomena of this process is the rise of entrepreneurial political parties across Europe. This new form of party is characterised by a centralised organisation, at whose focal point is a political entrepreneur. This introductory chapter explains the context of the birth of this phenomenon and outlines the basic structure of the book.
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This overview is, of course, somewhat simplified. Cases of parties sponsored by or otherwise linked with rich businesspeople can be found in earlier European history too. Yet it was not a general trend that determined party politics.
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We are thankful to Seán Hanley and Tim Haughton for mentioning that the word ‘entrepreneurial’ can be thought of like this.
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The leader does not have to be a man, of course, but examples of entrepreneurial parties led by women are scarce, though they do exist—for example, the contemporary Progress Party in Norway and the Alliance of Alenka Bratušek in Slovenia (Krašovec 2017).
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Hloušek, V., Kopeček, L., Vodová, P. (2020). Introduction. In: The Rise of Entrepreneurial Parties in European Politics. Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41916-5_1
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