| Abstract [eng] |
The personalization of politics is a complex and multidimensional phenomenon that impinges on numerous sectors of democratic life (Poguntke & Webb, 2007; Wattenberg, 1991; Hermans & Vergeer, 2013; Langer, 2007, 2009; Meyer, 2002; Aelst, Sheafer & Stanyer, 2012; Corner & Pels, 2003; Jebril et al, 2013; Stanyer, 2012) including electoral behaviour, and popular predispositions towards politicians (Bean & Mughan, 1989; Kaase, 1994; Keeter, 1987; McAllister, 1996; King, 2002; Bittner, 2011). In personalized politics, party leaders or individual candidates are seen to overshadow ideological affiliations and institutional agencies, and the line between the public and the private becomes blurred (Karvonen, 2010; Garzia, 2011). In the twilight of a mass democracy, the private and the personal are said to bridge the growing gap between the realm of politics and a present-day citizenry (Corner, Pels, 2003). |
