Political parties in post-communist countries have very high
levels of electoral volatility. In these environments, political
factions fail to establish long-term connections with the
electorate and thus regularly rise and fall from the political
arena.
This book provides an organizational explanation for the
variations in party-level electoral volatility. It looks
comparatively at 29 political parties in six Central and Eastern
European democracies between 1990 and 2008 to examine how political
parties can influence their electoral environment. Using empirical
evidence, Gherghina tests the effect of candidate selection
procedures, membership organizations, and re-nomination of
incumbent MPs on voters loyalty, and in doing so, demonstrates how
party organization greatly affects electoral stability.
Including case studies from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary,
Poland, Romania, and Slovakia this book will be of interest to
students and scholars of comparative politics, party politics,
democratization, elections, and Central and Eastern European
politics."
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