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Party Politics, 2016
The question of how party leaders are selected has recently, and belatedly, come under systematic comparative scrutiny. If it is the location of intra-party power that interests us, however, it might be that some of the more observable indicators in such processes, such as the identity of the selectorate, are not actually the most revealing ones ...
Nicholas Aylott, Niklas Bolin
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The question of how party leaders are selected has recently, and belatedly, come under systematic comparative scrutiny. If it is the location of intra-party power that interests us, however, it might be that some of the more observable indicators in such processes, such as the identity of the selectorate, are not actually the most revealing ones ...
Nicholas Aylott, Niklas Bolin
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Intra-Party Democracy and Representation
2020This chapter examines the much-debated topic of intra-party democracy (IPD). It reviews normative questions concerning whether democracy requires parties’ decision-making procedures to be as similar as possible to those of national constitutions. It also considers evidences about the practical impact of the rules that parties choose, including whether ...
Thomas Poguntke, Susan E. Scarrow
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2020
Party leaders are the forefront holders of public office and a critical factor for understanding why voters vote for a party (Bittner, A., Platform or personality? The role of party leaders in elections. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011). In this chapter, I tackle the major features of the organizational structure of political parties that have ...
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Party leaders are the forefront holders of public office and a critical factor for understanding why voters vote for a party (Bittner, A., Platform or personality? The role of party leaders in elections. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011). In this chapter, I tackle the major features of the organizational structure of political parties that have ...
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Intra-Party Democracy and Party Responsiveness
West European Politics, 2012This study examines whether parties respond to their supporters or to the median voter position. Party leaders require the support of the ‘selectorate’, which is defined as the group that has influence in party leadership selection. Inclusive parties, which rely on rank-and-file membership to select their leaders, will respond to their members ...
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Varieties of Intra-Party Democracy
2017This chapter introduces a new, two-dimensional way of measuring intra-party democracy (IPD). It is argued that assembly-based IPD and plebiscitary IPD are two theoretically different modes of intra-party decision-making. Assembly-based IPD means that discussion and decision over a certain topic takes place at the same time. Plebiscitary IPD disconnects
Benjamin von dem Berge, Thomas Poguntke
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Unravelling Intra-Party Democracy in Thailand
Asian Journal of Political Science, 2010Abstract This survey aims to analyze the state of intra-party democracy (IPD) in Thailand. IPD is defined as a characteristic of the distribution of decision-making power among members and leaders within a political party along the two principal dimensions of inclusiveness and decentralization. The amount of organizational details that could be used to
Aurel Croissant, Paul Chambers
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Intra-Party Democracy: A Case Study
Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science, 1961The principle of intra-party democracy underlying the so-called constitutional crisis within the Labour party in Great Britain—a struggle between the party conference and the parliamentary party over the creation of defence policy—has for some time been the subject of widespread discussion in academic journals and the “responsible press.” This paper ...
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The fate of intra-party democracy
Party Politics, 2011This article argues that the widespread hypothesis stating that intra-party democracy has declined since the glory days of the mass party is too sweeping and, largely, empirically groundless. In order to test it the article draws on a comparison between two internal policy-making processes within the Swedish social democratic party (SAP), one ...
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Sore losers? The costs of intra-party democracy
Party Politics, 2017Drawing upon the ‘satisfaction with democracy’ and ‘divisive primary’ literatures, this article examines how losers of intra-party elections respond to defeat and the consequences that these choices have on party organization and strength. In other words, do losers of intra-party elections continue to support the party or do they, like losers of ...
William Cross, Scott Pruysers
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A Deliberative Defence of Intra-Party Democracy
Party Politics, 1999Earlier attempts to justify intra-party democracy have failed. Either they have been inconsistent with democratic premises, or those premises have been flawed in the first place. This article develops a viable defence for internally democratic parties based on the deliberative theory of democracy.
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