Left-populist movements split into distinct strategic types facing different challenges

Evidence

Although all were products of the “void” described by Peter Mair, these attempted incursions were not exactly of the same nature. It is one thing to change the strategy of an existing radical-left formation to move it off the margins; it is quite another to create a political party out of the blue, let alone to storm an established center-left, social-liberal political party. Each of these strategies entails specific challenges. Firstly, that of reconciling ideological positions at odds with each other, managing the inevitable institutionalization of the party-movement, and struggling against powerful allies-cum-adversaries. Among the main left-populist hubs of the decade, all aiming to conquer a broad electoral majority to advance a radical agenda, we can broadly distinguish two sub-groups. — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment, 164

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Peter Mair’s argument about a ‘void’ in party-political representation, cited here as the common origin of these movements. — connects to: Post-2008 left populism failed from being either too left-wing or too populist — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment: The Left After the…, 31