书目名称 | Political Party Membership in New Democracies |
副标题 | Electoral Rules in C |
编辑 | Alison F. Smith |
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概述 | Contributes to the scholarly understanding of political party development in Central and East Europe.Provides a detailed analysis of campaigning tactics and strategies.Explores how electoral rules sha |
丛书名称 | St Antony‘s Series |
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描述 | This book explores the impact of electoral rules on political party development in Central and East Europe. It finds that ‘high district magnitude’ proportional electoral systems encourage centralised organisational development and campaigning – where communication with voters is conducted primarily via mass, social and digital media – while small electoral districts stimulate grassroots campaigning. As a result, low magnitude electoral systems are more likely to create an active role for party members, stimulating membership recruitment. The book further examines how parties organise and campaign on the ground. The analysis of in-depth surveys and interviews with party elites in Estonia, Lithuania and Slovakia sheds light on areas of party life that are rarely examined, including party fundraising. Overall, the effects of electoral systems on party organisation and campaigning reflect patterns previously observed in Western Europe, demonstrating that a degree of convergence has occurred.. |
出版日期 | Book 2020 |
关键词 | political parties; party politics; democratic transition; electoral systems; party funding; Europeanisati |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41796-3 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-41798-7 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-41796-3Series ISSN 2633-5964 Series E-ISSN 2633-5972 |
issn_series | 2633-5964 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerl |