Joking Seriously: The Artful Political Science of Besti Flokkurinn: An Interview with the Best Party’s Heiða Kristín Helgadóttir
Abstract
The complete collapse of Iceland’s banking system national economy left Icelanders ready for a new form of politics. Enter the “anarcho-surrealist” Best Party, led by comedian and artist Jón Gnarr, which claimed the mayoralty and a plurality of city council seats in Reykjavik’s 2010 civic election. Andrew Pendakis interviews the party’s general secretary and chief strategist