The Iron law of malarkey

Party Democracy and Civic Renewal

“…Whilst claiming to modernise them the intention is clearÐabolish them.' 1 The second analysis stands back from a discussion of the workings of internal democracy of parties tending to see this dynamic as more complex, more externally determined or less independently signi®cant than commentators like Smith. Instead the focus is the eect of parties on the health of democracy and the level of civic engagement.…”