Series Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Party Strikes Back
2. The People of the Web
3. When the Party Mimics Facebook
4. Participationism
5. Death of the Party Cadre
6. Coding Democracy
7. Plebiscitarianism 2.0
8. The Hyperleader
9. The Superbase
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Paolo Gerbaudo is the Director of the Centre for Digital Culture at King's College, London. He is the author of Tweets and the Streets (2012), and The Mask and the Flag (2017).
'In this refreshing, imaginative and conceptually sophisticated
book, Paolo Gerbaudo takes us on a compelling journey across Europe
to understand the digitally native political parties at the
forefront of a profound process of organizational evolution.
Gerbaudo convincingly explains the positive and negative
implications of this process, and why it matters for the future of
democracy'
*Andrew Chadwick, author of 'The Hybrid Media System: Politics and
Power'*
'In a historic moment when political parties are losing their
capacity to represent citizens, new party models have grown and
often achieved unexpected success. This book is an important
contribution to the conceptualization of digital parties and the
understanding of their evolution'
*Donatella Della Porta, Dean of the Institute for Humanities and
the Social Sciences, Scuola Normale Superiore and author of
'Movement Parties in Times of Austerity'*
'With a rare mix of narrative flair and analytical insight,
Gerbaudo tells the riveting story of how tech-savvy leaders and
'connected outsiders' have reshaped politics in the digital
era'
*John Postill, author of 'The Rise of Nerd Politics'*
'Paolo Gerbaudo shows how the internet shapes contemporary politics
and vice versa. A must read for everyone interested in digital
politics'
*Christian Fuchs, author of 'Digital Demagogues: Authoritarian
Capitalism in the Age of Trump and Twitter'*
'Gerbaudo shows how technology-based "platform parties" are
designed, how they fit into the history of political parties, and
how they reflect changes in politics, society, economics, and
communication. This rich analysis looks at both the promise and the
limitations of these fascinating political experiments'
*Lance Bennett, University of Washington*
'This book by Paolo Gerbaudo goes deep into the "morbid" crossroads
of our present and offers us suggestive ideas on the key elements
of its emerging political practice. A brilliant work'
*German Cano, University of Alcala de Henares, member of the
founding group of Podemos*
'A wide-ranging, and international, survey of those parties that
have gone furthest to embrace the organisational changes the new
modes of communication demand of us all and as such is a compelling
read for the future of politics'
*Philosophy Football*
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