Organizational Structures Of Political Parties In Central And Eastern European Countries

Author : Katarzyna Sobolewska-Myślik,Beata Kosowska-Gąstoł,Piotr Borowiec
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-05
Category : Europe, Central
ISBN : 8323341745

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Organizational Structures of Political Parties in Central and Eastern European Countries by Katarzyna Sobolewska-Myślik,Beata Kosowska-Gąstoł,Piotr Borowiec Pdf

This book attempts to paint the widest possible picture of the organizational structures of the most important political parties in Central and Eastern Europe and to provide a basis for further comparison between them and their Western European counterparts. It focuses specifically on formal aspects as reflected in their statutory rules. Scholars from the region discuss the specifics of the organizational structures of parliamentary parties in their respective countries based on the formal statutes of those parties as well as laws governing their operation. The project focuses on the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, discussing postcommunist countries, regardless of whether or not they are democratic. The book includes analysis of Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine.

Author : Paul G. Lewis
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1782541365

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Party Structure and Organization in East-Central Europe by Paul G. Lewis Pdf

'. . . this volume represents one of the best works written to date on party organizational development in east central Europe and is essential reading for all political scientists interested in party politics in postcommunist systems.' - John T. Ishiyama, Slavonic Review Party Structure and Organization in East-Central Europe focuses on the origin and development of new political parties within different countries in East-Central Europe. The book has a clear focus on party structure and organization. It is one of the first books to present empirical studies of the development of political parties in Eastern Europe. Whilst making a distinctive contribution, it also feeds into the broader debate about party development and links with other issues of political theory.

Author : Georgi M. Karasimeonov
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Democratization
ISBN : 9546161551

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Organizational Structures and Internal Party Democracy in South Eastern Europe by Georgi M. Karasimeonov Pdf

Author : Ingrid van Biezen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781403937858

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Political Parties in New Democracies by Ingrid van Biezen Pdf

Ingrid van Biezen provides a comprehensive comparative analysis of party formation and organizational development in recently established democracies. She focuses on four democracies in Southern and East-Central Europe and addresses political parties from a cross-regional perspective. Featuring a wealth of new information on party organization, this book provides a valuable theoretical and empirical contribution to our understanding of political parties in both old and new democracies.

Author : Marion Reiser,Everhard Holtmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-05-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783531909233

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Farewell to the Party Model? by Marion Reiser,Everhard Holtmann Pdf

Marion Reiser, Everhard Holtmann Local independent lists as political actors are a common phenomenon on the local level in many European countries – in established Western democracies as well as in the ‘new’ democracies in Central and Eastern Europe. In some West European countries, these non-partisan groups have been an established and stable element in the local political system for decades. Ty- cally, they understand themselves as protectors of a harmonious factual political style. In their opinion, good local politics is not compatible with party politics so they consequently perceive themselves as non-parties. During the last two d- ades, presence and success of local lists have steadily increased in these co- tries. Furthermore, during the last years local lists emerged also in countries which had been formerly fully party-politicised on the local level. Explanations offered for these developments are often based on the observation of a general decline of trust in established parties and politicians. Hence, it has been argued that the disenchantment with political parties is a fertile ground for local lists. For the Central and East European countries, this argument can be - ployed only to a certain extent. Local lists established themselves in the early 1990’s as important actors on the local level especially due to a lack of party organisation in the process of democratic consolidation.

Author : Michał Jacuński,Barbara Brodzińska-Mirowska,Anna Pacześniak,Maria Wincławska
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030599935

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Party Organization and Communication in Poland by Michał Jacuński,Barbara Brodzińska-Mirowska,Anna Pacześniak,Maria Wincławska Pdf

This book provides a new analytical perspective on the strategies, membership and communication management of political parties in Poland. The authors address why some political parties have managed to strengthen and survive while others have failed to do the same. The research was carried out in the years 2016–2018, when Poland started to be seen more and more as a weakening democracy. As an in-depth, empirically grounded single-country study of party structure and communication, the book gives an opportunity to draw broader conclusions about the process of party development in the Central and Eastern Europe region three decades since the beginning of democratic transition.

Author : Dr Lubomír Kopecek,Dr Vít Hloušek
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781409499770

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Origin, Ideology and Transformation of Political Parties by Dr Lubomír Kopecek,Dr Vít Hloušek Pdf

Two decades have passed since the transition to democracy began in Eastern Europe. Today, West and East-Central European countries share a common political space - the European Union. This has created a fascinating opportunity for analysis of the similarities and differences between these countries. Here, Vít Hloušek and Lubomír Kopecek critically apply the party-families approach to political parties in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia. With chapters devoted to social democrats, greens, the far right and left amongst many others, this book charts the parties' origins, ideologies, and international ties alongside their Western European counterparts. By examining the political relevance of different party families, Hloušek and Kopecek are able to assess the validity of this typology in the analysis of the transformation of political parties in this region. Detailed analysis coupled with an innovative application of the party families approach, makes this essential reading for students of party politics.

Author : Sergiu Gherghina
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317618973

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Party Organization and Electoral Volatility in Central and Eastern Europe by Sergiu Gherghina Pdf

Political parties in post-communist countries have very high levels of electoral volatility. In these environments, political factions fail to establish long-term connections with the electorate and thus regularly rise and fall from the political arena. This book provides an organizational explanation for the variations in party-level electoral volatility. It looks comparatively at 29 political parties in six Central and Eastern European democracies between 1990 and 2008 to examine how political parties can influence their electoral environment. Using empirical evidence, Gherghina tests the effect of candidate selection procedures, membership organizations, and re-nomination of incumbent MPs on voters’ loyalty, and in doing so, demonstrates how party organization greatly affects electoral stability. Including case studies from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia this book will be of interest to students and scholars of comparative politics, party politics, democratization, elections, and Central and Eastern European politics.

Author : Paul Lewis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134634378

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Political Parties in Post-Communist Eastern Europe by Paul Lewis Pdf

Political Parties in Post-Communist Eastern Europe is the first textbook to survey the course of party developments in eastern Europe as a whole in the post-Communist period. This book relates the specifics of the post-communist situation to the broader picture of the early stages of party development in western Europe and also to contemporary models of party organisation in established democracies. The book includes: · a brief historical introduction to the context of post-communist change · the process of competitive party formation and democratic elections · the development of independent parties; their ideologies, and electoral volatility · the structure and level of organisation developed by new parties · an analysis of stable party systems which have emerged in eastern Europe and the contribution they make to emerging democracies in the region Party Politics in Post-Communist Eastern Europe will be a comprehensive and invaluable resource, accessible to undergraduates of politics and European studies, as well as the non-specialist reader.

Author : Hans Keman,Ferdinand Muller-Rommel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136279041

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Party Government in the New Europe by Hans Keman,Ferdinand Muller-Rommel Pdf

This truly comparative volume examines the "life cycle" of party governments in Europe from 1990 onwards, and analyses its role and function in contemporary European parliamentary democracies. The life and the performance of party governments in Europe became more and more volatile and publicly contested. In some cases, it has even challenge the democratic quality of the state. This book presents comparative analyses of party governments from formation and duration, to performance. It brings together some of the foremost scholars researching on party government to evaluate existing theories and compare both the developments in the Western and the ‘new’ Eastern Europe in an empirically-grounded comparative analysis. The book discusses the interaction between various institutions, political parties and policies, and evaluates how institutional change and party behaviour can drive the "life cycle" of party government. Party Government in the New Europe will be of interest to students and scholars of Comparative Politics, Democracy, Government and European Politics.

Author : Robert Rohrschneider,Stephen Whitefield
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191612312

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The Strain of Representation by Robert Rohrschneider,Stephen Whitefield Pdf

The Strain of Representation assesses and explains the extent to which political parties across Europe as a whole have succeeded in representing diverse voters. The authors note two important features of the European political landscape that complicate the task of assessing party representation and that require its reassessment: First, the emergence of new democracies in post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe point to the possibility that representation is not only differentially achieved in West and East but may also be attained by different mechanisms. Second, parties in both West and East must now seek to represent voters that are increasingly diverse, specifically between partisan and independent supporters. The book refers to the challenges of representation of diverse voters as 'the strain of representation'. The evidential basis for the empirical analysis are expert surveys conducted in 24 European countries on party positions that have been merged with other available data on voters, party characteristics, and country conditions. The results point to both the representational capacities of parties in West and East and to the strain that parties face in representing diverse voters.

Author : Florian Grotz,Marko Kukec
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000956979

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Prime Ministers and Party Governments in Central and Eastern Europe by Florian Grotz,Marko Kukec Pdf

This book focuses on Prime Ministers (PMs) in the post-communist democracies of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). It shows how the survival of PMs in chief executive office depends on their interrelations with other actors in three different arenas. The first arena encompasses the linkages between PMs and their parties. In this respect, being a party leader is a major power resource for PMs to retain office even under critical circumstances. At the heart of the second arena is the PMs’ relationship to other parliamentary parties. In this regard, the high fragmentation and fluidity of many post-communist party systems pose enormous challenges for PMs to secure constant parliamentary support. In the third arena, PMs are confronted with state presidents. Given their relatively strong powers in most CEE countries, presidents may use their constitutional powers to interfere in the political domain of PMs and thus jeopardise the stability of party governments. The book offers new evidence on these relationships from case studies and a broader comparative perspective. This volume will be of great use to students and researchers interested in comparative politics and government, European studies as well as political leadership. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of East European Politics and are accompanied by a revised introduction and a new conclusion.

Author : Tudi Kernalegenn,Emilie van Haute
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000042863

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Political Parties Abroad by Tudi Kernalegenn,Emilie van Haute Pdf

This book analyzes parties beyond the national borders and their increasing institutionalization abroad, in order to understand their development, their organizational specificities, their functions, and their impact on the party system and national politics at home. With 12 contrasted case studies, it comparatively addresses a wide range of perspectives on political parties abroad and lays the foundation for a framework of analysis of political parties abroad, contributing to a better understanding of transnationalism and long-distance democracy. The generalization of overseas voting and the development of representative institutions for emigrants has transformed the civic and political links between states and their diaspora. This has also created new opportunities for political parties, with the task to reach out to citizens living abroad, mobilize them for elections, and even organize their representation at home. This book represents the first in-depth study of an emerging phenomenon. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of political parties/party politics, immigration, and more broadly to democracy studies and comparative politics.

Author : Sergiu Gherghina,Alexandra Iancu,Sorina Soare
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351781206

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Party Members and Their Importance in Non-EU Countries by Sergiu Gherghina,Alexandra Iancu,Sorina Soare Pdf

Although party membership has been extensively analysed in the EU Members States from Western and Eastern Europe, there is a gap in systematic data collection and analyses for the other countries in the Balkans and post-Soviet region. This book provides new and innovative insights in the area of party membership research to analyse the evolution of membership organizations in political parties from under-investigated countries. Specifically, it seeks to understand the way in which political parties and the national legislation conceptualize the notion of membership within and across countries. It provides original data and affords a first comprehensive, comparative study of party members in the EU neighbouring countries, which resonate particular interest because some of them occupy the "precarious middle ground between a full-fledge democracy and outright dictatorship". In light of these relevant observations, this systematic analysis of membership evolutions in democratizing countries brings valuable insights for the study of party politics in general. This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of political parties and party systems, party organisation and elections, post-Soviet and East European politics and more broadly to democratization studies and comparative politics.

Author : Vít Hloušek,Lubomír Kopeček,Petra Vodová
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030419165

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The Rise of Entrepreneurial Parties in European Politics by Vít Hloušek,Lubomír Kopeček,Petra Vodová Pdf

Political parties run by entrepreneurs as a means to their own end are a recent phenomenon found in many countries, and their electoral influence has never been greater. This book offers a thorough comparative analysis of such ‘business-firm’ and sometimes oddly memberless parties in Western and East-Central Europe, assessing the considerable corpus of literature on the growing band of political entrepreneurs. The book clearly separates such party enterprises from other, more traditional, political platforms as it contributes to our understanding of the potential of entrepreneurial parties. The authors offer a unique typology based on two characteristics: whether the party receives private financial, media or other investment; and the nature of its membership and territorial structure. Famous examples of entrepreneurial parties, including Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia and Geert Wilders’s Party for Freedom, alongside their lesser-known counterparts, serve in this book as valuable material for conceptual innovation and the investigation into why certain entrepreneurial party types succeed or fail.