Is There Such a Thing as a Web-Native Party? Use and Role of Online Participation Tools in the Green and Pirate Parties in Germany

Thuermer, Gefion

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-78668-7_12

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“…We therefore supplemented the data for the German party with interviews conducted previously (in 2018; cf. Thuermer, 2019), in a period of intense digital development. The interview questions and profiles of the interviewees can be found in the Appendix.…”

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“…The route from volunteer development to official adoption happened with the Antragsgrün (proposal green), an internal participation tool for the management of proposals (see also Thuermer, 2021); and most recently with the Grüne Wolke (green cloud), a cloud application to share data among members. The Wolke was developed by an association in the vicinity of the party, and quickly gained popularity and users.…”

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Political parties and their online platforms–Differences in philosophies

Fitzpatrick

Thuermer

2023

Front. Polit. Sci.

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As external forces seek to gain influence over ICTs of political parties, their security becomes an additional relevant factor in parties' finances. While many studies focus on parties' online fundraising, their spending for web-based technologies remains terra incognita. Our perspective follows the idea that a party's spending is an indicator for relevance. What aspects are on the table when new ICTs are purchased by parties? What significance do security concerns have? We analyzed the Green Parties in Germany and Austria. Both are forerunners in their use of online participation platforms with decades of experience in engaging members offline. We conducted interviews with stakeholders from both parties and an external IT-specialist. Our findings indicate differences in the approach of securing ICTs even among these most similar cases: some see security as a long-term issue and invest in in-house solutions, others see security as a necessary expense and opt for external service providers.

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