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Factions of the Jimintō: Intra-Party Democracy?

2020
The factions of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP or Jimintō) have received ample attention from academics, given their position as the power holders and brokers of Japan, which has allowed them to shape and direct the political scene of post-war modern Japan.
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The Theory of (Intra-) Party Democracy

1979
In Chapters 3 and 4 objections were raised to theories of popular control over government which rely on competitive elections to achieve accountability of elected representatives. In this chapter a theory, the origins of which predate Schumpeter’s theory, is introduced to explain how the balance between governmental responsiveness and responsibility ...
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Intra-Party Democracy: Criteria for Assessment

2015
Intra-party democracy (IPD) is an emerging research topic of empirical political science dealing with political parties. This paper reviews contemporary empirical work on IPD (or some aspects of it like candidate selection or party leadership selection) and tries to identify different normative and conceptual approaches to IPD and its relationship to ...
Čular, Goran, Nikić Čakar, Dario, Raos, Višeslav   +2 more
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Factors influencing intra-party democracy and membership rights

Party Politics, 2012
Political parties are considered to be vital elements of political life in modern democracies, and whether in democratic regimes they maintain democratic mechanisms within their own organizations and structures has been an intriguing topic. The most important issue is which factors influence the internal democracy in parties. This article examines the
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Measuring and Evaluating Intra-Party Democracy in Croatia [PDF]

, 2016
A growing number of studies on intra-party democracy reports on general trends of introducing democratic procedures and broadening decision-making bodies in party leadership selection, candidate selection and policy-making within contemporary political parties.
Nikić Čakar, Dario, Čular, Goran, Raos, Višeslav   +2 more
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Patterns of Intra-Party Democracy across the World

2017
Despite the widespread recognition of the relevance of intra-party democracy (IPD), there has been a lamentable scarcity of empirical data suitable for large-N cross-sectional comparative analysis. This has changed with the Political Party Database Project (PPDB) project.
Niklas Bolin, Nicholas Aylott, Benjamin von dem Berge, Thomas Poguntke   +3 more
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Measuring intra-party democracy on a global scale

Party Politics
This research note presents two measures of intra-party democracy (IPD) used on a global scale. We distinguish between assembly-based and plebiscitary IPD which represent two distinct logics of intra-party decision-making. The instrument was developed in the context of the first round of the Political Party Database Project (PPDB) covering 146 parties ...
Simon D. Brause, Thomas Poguntke
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Intra-Party Democracy: A Revisionist Perspective from Below

2006
Contrary to the expectations of many people, China's recent economic growth has not led to the collapse of the Chinese Communist Party. In fact, the party has recently carried out a peaceful and orderly transition to the so-called fourth generation of leadership, has revitalised itself, and created a new, younger and better trained cadre corps. Despite
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The effect of COVID‐19 lockdowns on political support: Some good news for democracy?

European Journal of Political Research, 2021
Damien Bol, Marco Giani, André Blais
exaly  

Economic growth, renewable energy consumption, and ecological footprint: Exploring the role of environmental regulations and democracy in sustainable development

Sustainable Development, 2022
Zahoor Ahmed, Mahmood Ahmad, Husam Rjoub
exaly