{"product_id":"the-digital-party-paolo-gerbaudo-9780745335797","title":"The Digital Party: Political Organisation and Online Democracy","description":"From the Pirate Parties in Northern Europe to Podemos in Spain and the 5-Star Movement in Italy, from the movements behind Bernie Sanders in the United States and Jeremy Corbyn in the United Kingdom, to Jean-Luc Melenchon's presidential bid in France, the last decade has witnessed the rise of a new blueprint for political organization: the digital party. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These new political formations tap into the potential of social media to gain consensus, and use online participatory platforms to include the rank-and-file. Paolo Gerbaudo looks at the restructuring of political parties and campaigns in the time of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and big data. Drawing on interviews with key political leaders and digital organizers, he argues that the digital party is very different from the class-based \"mass party\" of the industrial era, and offers promising new solutions to social polarization and the failures of liberal democracy today. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paolo Gerbaudo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745335799\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745335797\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.20w x 0.80d","brand":"Paolo Gerbaudo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925856780543,"sku":"9780745335797","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c3f851fc-7b7f-41e3-bb8b-79074b0d85b4.jpg?v=1681079778","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-digital-party-paolo-gerbaudo-9780745335797","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}