Political Game-Changers: The Importance of Leaders for Newly Emerged Parties in Romania

Gherghina, Sergiu; Grad, Marius

doi:10.1017/slr.2021.146

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“…Personalization of political parties can be interpreted as the condition of individuals who have an important positioning within the party who are able to change the party which basically has a collective identity into personal interests (Gherghina & Grad, 2021). A visible characteristic of party personalization is that the leader holds great power as seen in determining the direction and vision of the party's platform and campaign; nominate candidates; deciding on the allocation of organizational resources; and wield power over politicians in their parties.…”

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Dynamics of Personalization of Political Parties in the Recruitment of Prospective Candidates for Mayor of Solo 2020 (Case Study of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P))

Mochamad Atami Ridwan,

Fatkhuri

2023

politeia

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This study aims to explain the dynamics that occur in the recruitment process for candidates for Mayor of Solo in the 2020 simultaneous local elections. These dynamics are influenced by personalized action within the party characterized by the dominance of the general chairperson and the weakness of the party organization. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative using primary and secondary data including interviews, documentation, and literature study. The results obtained from this study indicate that there are problems in the recruitment function for candidates for Mayor of Solo, including intervention from the Party Chairperson as a result of his strong domination in political parties so that the party structure at the local level, namely the PDI-P DPC Surakarta City cannot implementing a bottom-up scheme by nominating candidates based on the election results. The weakness of party institutions can also be seen in party regulations regarding the recruitment of regional heads which are not implemented properly, not reflected in the principles of democracy within the party, the lack of independence of the party structure at the local level, to the pragmatism of the party by nominating a solo mayoral candidate based on the candidate's social background. is the son of the son of President Joko Widodo who is currently in office.

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Dynamics of Personalization of Political Parties in the Recruitment of Prospective Candidates for Mayor of Solo 2020 (Case Study of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P))

Mochamad Atami Ridwan,

Fatkhuri

2023

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Informal Power and Short-Term Consequences: Country Presidents and Political Parties in Romania

Gherghina,

Tap,

Farcas

2023

Political Studies Review

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Country presidents and their political parties have strong connections along partisan lines. However, it remains unclear how this relationship unfolds when country presidents have to be non-partisans and formal ties are not permitted. This article seeks to address this gap in the literature and analyzes how country presidents use informal powers to maintain an influence in the life of their (former) political parties. We use Romania as the most likely case where we would expect such powers to occur and matter, because the country’s constitution bans the country’s president from being a party member once they are elected to public office. We compare the behaviour of the two Romanian country presidents who have each served two complete consecutive terms in office in the post-communist period. Our analysis covers the 2004–2022 period and focuses on the following four dimensions: electing successors, prime ministerial appointments, inclusion in coalition agreements and parties’ electoral performance.

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Political Game-Changers: The Importance of Leaders for Newly Emerged Parties in Romania

Cited by 2 publications

References 8 publications

Dynamics of Personalization of Political Parties in the Recruitment of Prospective Candidates for Mayor of Solo 2020 (Case Study of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P))

Dynamics of Personalization of Political Parties in the Recruitment of Prospective Candidates for Mayor of Solo 2020 (Case Study of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P))

Informal Power and Short-Term Consequences: Country Presidents and Political Parties in Romania

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