The Organizational Reform of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2017–2019: Young, Female, and Digital?

Michels, Dennis; Borucki, Isabelle

doi:10.1007/s11615-020-00271-1

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“…In more recent years, the Social Democrats, the Christian Democrats, the Left, and the Green Party all engaged in discussions about potential reforms of their internal decision processes. Even so, the SPD installed online topical forums as an additional arena for preparing internal decision-making (Michels and Borucki, 2021).…”

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Digitalization in Candidate Selection. Support and Resistance Within Established Political Parties in Germany

Bloquet¹,

Borucki

Höhne

2022

Front. Polit. Sci.

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The digitalization of human life has impacted many aspects of politics in the last two decades. Intra-party decision-making is one of them. While new political parties appear to be rather native digital organizations, established parties are increasingly beginning to incorporate online tools into their internal processes. However, not much is known about how intra-party selectorates evaluate the digitalization of a crucial decision-making process. This study asks whether party members who participate in candidate selection support online consultations—or not. Using an original large-N dataset on the preferences of party members attending candidate selection assemblies for the German Bundestag, we determine variables that increase or decrease the likelihood to support the introduction of online consultations as part of intra-party democracy. Our results show that attitudes toward digitalization do not depend on a generational or a partisan factor, as might have been expected. Instead, we highlight that digitalization support is first and foremost related to, on the one hand, the seniority in the party, and, on the other, on one's preferences toward inclusion. We relate these findings to the distribution of powers and incentives within the party and discuss both the implications of these results and what they might mean for established parties trying to reform.

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Digitalization in Candidate Selection. Support and Resistance Within Established Political Parties in Germany

Bloquet¹,

Borucki

Höhne

2022

Front. Polit. Sci.

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“…In addition, party headquarters have been increasingly concerned with monitoring opinion polls and opponents' behaviour (Farrell, 2006). Campaigning has also shifted from mainly communicating policy proposals to a more interactive engagement with supporters and citizens, which became more feasible with the rise of online platforms and social media (Gibson and Römmele, 2009;Michels and Borucki, 2021).…”

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Party fragmentation and campaign spending: A subnational analysis of the German party system

Jacob

Pollex

2021

Party Politics

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Party finance allows elucidating parties’ behaviour in differing political and institutional contexts, yet only a few studies investigate expenditure patterns. Given that campaign activities are central for parties to fulfil their core functions in representative democracy, this study seeks to explain why parties invest in electoral campaigns to different degrees. We argue that high party fragmentation reinforces parties’ focus on electoral races in election years, a mechanism we refer to as the ‘campaign concentration effect’. By contrast, in less fragmented systems, parties invest more in campaigning on a continuous basis. A subnational analysis of the German party system between 2009 and 2017 provides evidence for this effect. Our results imply that growing party fragmentation nurtures parties’ efforts to succeed in elections, which is likely to intensify parties’ orientation towards short yet capital-intensive campaigns.

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Political Parties and the Party System

Grotz

Schroeder

2023

New Perspectives in German Political Studies

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The Organizational Reform of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2017–2019: Young, Female, and Digital?

Cited by 12 publications

References 36 publications

Digitalization in Candidate Selection. Support and Resistance Within Established Political Parties in Germany

Digitalization in Candidate Selection. Support and Resistance Within Established Political Parties in Germany

Party fragmentation and campaign spending: A subnational analysis of the German party system

Political Parties and the Party System

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