Party Primaries in Comparative Perspective

Sandri, Giulia; Seddone, Antonella; Venturino, Fulvio

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“…The response rate was acceptable, ranging between 15% and 25% 3 , a figure in line with similar studies in Southern Europe (i.e. Baras et al 2012;Sandri et al 2015 Several research challenges and limitations appear when dealing with statistical data. First of all, in this type of universe of study, despite some exceptions, there is the added adifficulty of obtaining the parties' collaboration.…”

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Party Membership and Activism in a New Democracy: Evidence from the Portuguese Case

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Lisi

Costa

2018

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While the analysis of party models and types of party members has been widely discussed at the theoretical level, empirical research has not attracted similar attention. This study contributes to filling this gap by examining an understudied case, namely party members in Portuguese political parties. The key objective of this article is to make a contribution to the study of activism and dedication to the party, in a comparative perceptive, considering different types of parties. The survey applied was based on an on-line questionnaire conducted within the MAPP (Members and Activists of Political Parties) research network. The dataset included members of several parties ranging from typical catch-all parties (PS - Socialist Party; PSD - Social Democratic Party) to elite-based types (CDS-PP - Social Democratic Centre-Popular Party), as well as 'movement' party types (BE - Left Bloc; LIVRE). The study covers four main dimensions of party membership: party members' socio-demographic profile, ideological attitudes, reasons for joining the party, and activism levels and types. We show that party membership in Portugal follows similar trends to other advanced European democracies, albeit with important differences between parties. These results are an important barometer for measuring the quality of democracy, especially one as young as Portugal's.

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Party Membership and Activism in a New Democracy: Evidence from the Portuguese Case

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Lisi

Costa

2018

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“…As a result, works on top executive leaders have tended to focus on women, but the reason why the ways in which political careers may be gendered cannot be fully grasped. For its part, mainstream research on executives has concentrated on elected presidents and prime ministers rather than on actual candidates (Botella et al 2010;Carreras 2017;Siavelis & Morgenstern 2008;Samuels & Shugart 2010; but see Astudillo 2015) or it has focused on party leaders under the assumption that the latter tend to be the executive candidates (Sandri et al 2015). For its part, mainstream research on executives has concentrated on elected presidents and prime ministers rather than on actual candidates (Botella et al 2010;Carreras 2017;Siavelis & Morgenstern 2008;Samuels & Shugart 2010; but see Astudillo 2015) or it has focused on party leaders under the assumption that the latter tend to be the executive candidates (Sandri et al 2015).…”

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“…For its part, mainstream research on executives has concentrated on elected presidents and prime ministers rather than on actual candidates (Botella et al 2010;Carreras 2017;Siavelis & Morgenstern 2008;Samuels & Shugart 2010; but see Astudillo 2015) or it has focused on party leaders under the assumption that the latter tend to be the executive candidates (Sandri et al 2015). Furthermore, these studies have so far assumed that individual characteristics as well as organisational and institutional factors weigh in similarly for male and female politicians.…”

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The gender politics of executive candidate selection and reselection

Verge

Astudillo

2018

European J Political Res

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This research provides new theoretical and empirical insights into the gender politics of the springboards to chief executive office. The extremely masculinised composition of the relatively few top national executive positions has posed a serious impediment to empirically assessing the conditions that may facilitate women's under‐representation and men's over‐representation. To overcome this constraint, this study looks at the top regional executive office across four West European countries that present a multilevel state structure – namely Austria, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom. Using two original datasets, the article examines the ways in which the selection and reselection of regional prime ministerial candidates is shaped by individual, organisational and institutional factors that produce heterogeneous experiences and career opportunities across sex. The results show that women have not shattered the glass ceiling at the regional level and pinpoint the fact that they are held to higher standards, benefit less from the political resources they possess and are more dependent on the decision environment in which parties select executive candidates. The conclusion is that the rules of the game guiding selection and reselection processes are strongly biased towards men.

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“…the professionalization of electoral campaigns with the help of consultants and experts (Dalton and Wattenberg 2000;Norris 2000;Plasser and Plasser 2002;Strömbäck 2007), many other functions continue to be performed by members. They are a useful pool of recruitment for candidates in elections or for socializing future leaders, they provide long-term legitimacy to the policies endorsed by the party, they act as the ambassadors within the electorate boosting the party's image and support, and they contribute to the decision-making process within the party (Kopecký 1995;Martin and Cowley 1999;Sandri et al 2015;Scarrow 2015;Seyd and Whiteley 2004). Even in post-communist Europe where party membership is traditionally lower compared with Western Europe (Bielasiak 1997;Enyedi and Linek 2008;Gherghina 2014;Gherghina et al 2018;van Biezen 2003;van Biezen et al 2012), parties still rely on fair numbers of members to fulfil the above-mentioned functions.…”

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Members versus Experts: The Perceptions of Party Leadership Styles in New Democracies

Gherghina

2020

European Review

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Party leaders are highly relevant for contemporary political arenas. Their leadership styles have been often investigated relative to their behaviour and attitudes, but rarely through the lenses of those who observe them closely. This article aims to fill this gap in the literature and compares the ways in which party members and experts evaluate leaders on the transactional–transformational continuum. It uses individual-level data from a survey conducted in 2018 with a modified version of the MLQ. The analysis focuses on eight parliamentary parties in Romania and Bulgaria, covering 19 party leaders and 33 terms over a period of 15 years (2004–2018). The results indicate important differences in the assessment of party leaders, with members having more heterogeneous opinions and seeing them more transformational in comparison to experts.

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Party Primaries in Comparative Perspective

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Party Membership and Activism in a New Democracy: Evidence from the Portuguese Case

Party Membership and Activism in a New Democracy: Evidence from the Portuguese Case

The gender politics of executive candidate selection and reselection

Members versus Experts: The Perceptions of Party Leadership Styles in New Democracies

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