Measuring Intra-Party Democracy - A Guide for the Content Analysis of Party Statutes with Examples from Hungary, Slovakia and Romania (Paperback, 2013 ed.)

This book presents an integrated approach to measuring the level of intra-party democracy through deductive and standardized content analysis of party statutes. Following the two main criteria of intra-party democracy - inclusiveness and decentralization - three main categories of intra-party democracy are theoretically derived: members' rights, organizational structure and decision-making. On the basis of theoretical considerations further sub-categories and individual items are deduced from these main categories and put together into a comprehensive coding scheme. Furthermore, precise coding instructions are presented. Since it is the ultimate aim of this book to present an approach to measuring the level of intra-party democracy for any party statute and to express this in numerical terms, the final step is the quantification of the coded data and the calculation of a numeric measure of intra-party democracy. A numeric value of intra-party democracy can be calculated for any statute of any political party. Furthermore, empirical examples from Hungary, Slovakia and Romania are presented.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	SpringerBriefs in Political Science
Release date:	March 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	Benjamin Von Dem Berge • Thomas Poguntke • Peter Obert • Diana Tipei
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 4mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	65
Edition:	2013 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-36032-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Comparative politics
LSN:	3-642-36032-7
Barcode:	9783642360329

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