AUTHOR:
Aneta Moszczyńska
ABSTRACT:
The article is dedicated to analyzing the essence, types and manifestations of anti-partism and the nature of anti-party sentiments of citizens of European representative democracies, including at the background of the phenomena of non-partism and technocracy. This is done in several contexts, including historiographical, theoretical, methodological, practical and empirical ones. It has been stated that anti-partism is one of the primary, but important manifestations of the “decline” or “crisis” of parties in Europe and democracies, although it does not necessarily lead to, but can be the cause of non-partism or technocracy. At the same time, the article proves that anti-partism in European countries is a heterogeneous rather than a monolithic and combined phenomenon, since it manifests itself in different ways and in different forms, in particular as ”re- active” and “cultural” ones. Different in their origins and consequences, these forms of anti-partism are united by the fact that they are part of a general syndrome of political apathy, political discontent and the “erosion” of democracy. At the same time, the phenomenon of non-partism is facilitated primarily by “reactive” rather than “cultural” anti-partism.
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