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The Dig: Digital Party with Paolo Gerbaudo

Dan interviews sociologist Paolo Gerbaudo on his book The Digital Party: Political Organisation and Online Democracy. How does the promise of direct digital democracy obscure how leaders are made more powerful and less accountable?

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February 3, 2021

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The Dig: Digital Party with Paolo Gerbaudo

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<p>Dan interviews sociologist Paolo Gerbaudo on his book <i>The Digital Party: Political Organisation and Online Democracy</i>. How does the promise of direct digital democracy obscure how leaders are made more powerful and less accountable? Examples from Italy (Five Star Movement) and Spain (Podemos). How does the failure to incorporate people into rooted forms of political organization undermine the left's power, coherence, and durability? Example from the USA (the funhouse mirror-appeal of a certain YouTube comedian).</p><p>Related episodes from The Dig archives:</p><p>Hegemony How-To with Jonathan Matthew Smucker <a href="thedigradio.com/podcast/hegemony-how-to-with-jonathan-matthew-smucker" rel="nofollow">thedigradio.com/podcast/hegemony-how-to-with-jonathan-matthew-smucker</a></p><p>How Left Parties Neoliberalized with Stephanie Mudge <a href="thedigradio.com/podcast/how-left-parties-neoliberalized-with-stephanie-mudge" rel="nofollow">thedigradio.com/podcast/how-left-parties-neoliberalized-with-stephanie-mudge</a></p><p>Support this podcast at <a href="patreon.com/TheDig" rel="nofollow">Patreon.com/TheDig</a></p><p>Join a Dig Book Club at <a href="thedigradio.com/dig-book-club" rel="nofollow">thedigradio.com/dig-book-club</a></p>

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