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This book analyzes how mainstream and new parties are building
their digital platforms and transitioning from traditional
(offline) organizations into the digital world. The authors present
an innovative empirical exploration of the democratic consequences
and technical challenges of the digitalization of party
organizations from a comparative perspective. They provide an
original account of how party digital platforms are regulated and
used, and a crucial discussion of the main technological and
democratic issues that political parties face in their digital
transition. Further, the authors assess the consequences of these
digitalization processes for political participation and party
membership, as well as the impact on party organizational models
and electoral campaign potential. The book looks into one of the
less-studied aspects of digital democracy, also presenting
empirical evidence and case studies. It presents different parties
and their adoption of digital participation platforms, from the
Pirate Parties in Northern Europe to Podemos in Spain, La France
Insoumise in France, the Five Stars Movement in Italy, or the
German Greens. Therefore, the book is a must-read for scholars of
political science, policy-makers, and practitioners, interested in
a better understanding of the transition of political parties into
the digital world.
This book provides a cross-country study of the consequences of the
expansion of intra-party democracy, the trend towards more
inclusive methods of selection for party candidates and leaders,
and the impact of these on political elites in terms of
sociopolitical profile and patterns of careers. It explores the
link between political organizations and political elites, by
studying the role of parties in parliamentary and political
selection and its impact on the political leadership appointed.
Putting an emphasis on primary elections, it analyses the party
elites that emerge from those selection processes and those
democratized organizational settings. It focuses not only on the
analysis of the processes through which party elites are selected
and the consequences at the level of the party but also at the
level of party elites themselves, i.e. what impact party primaries
have on the characteristics parties’ candidates and leaders. The
book offers a theoretical, comparative, and empirical account of
the internal electoral processes of parties and their impact on
political recruitment. This book will be of key interest to
scholars and students of political elites, political parties and
party systems, electoral politics, democracy, populism, and
leadership, and more broadly to comparative politics.
This book provides a cross-country study of the consequences of the
expansion of intra-party democracy, the trend towards more
inclusive methods of selection for party candidates and leaders,
and the impact of these on political elites in terms of
sociopolitical profile and patterns of careers. It explores the
link between political organizations and political elites, by
studying the role of parties in parliamentary and political
selection and its impact on the political leadership appointed.
Putting an emphasis on primary elections, it analyses the party
elites that emerge from those selection processes and those
democratized organizational settings. It focuses not only on the
analysis of the processes through which party elites are selected
and the consequences at the level of the party but also at the
level of party elites themselves, i.e. what impact party primaries
have on the characteristics parties' candidates and leaders. The
book offers a theoretical, comparative, and empirical account of
the internal electoral processes of parties and their impact on
political recruitment. This book will be of key interest to
scholars and students of political elites, political parties and
party systems, electoral politics, democracy, populism, and
leadership, and more broadly to comparative politics.
The effectiveness and capacity of survival of democratic regimes
has been recently and widely questioned in the public and political
debate. Both democratic institutions and political actors are
increasingly confronted with rapid economic and societal
transformations that, at least according to some observers and
commentators, they not seem to be ready or equipped to manage
effectively. This book evaluates and challenges recent scholarly
literature on the quality of democracy. It provides a critical
assessment of the current state of the studies on the subject,
identifying the key questions and discussing open issues,
alternative approaches, problems and future developments. Bringing
together some of the most prominent and distinguished scholars who
have developed and discussed the topic of the quality of democracy
during the last decade, it deals with a highly relevant topic in
political science and extremely sensitive subject for our
democratic societies. This text will be of key interest to scholars
of democracy and democratization and more broadly to comparative
politics, electoral studies, political theory, power and
comparative political institutions.
Primary elections for choosing party leaders and candidates are now
becoming commonplace in Europe, Asia and America but questions as
to how much they hinder a party's organizational strength and
cohesion or affect electoral performance have largely been ignored
outside of the USA. Party Primaries in Comparative Perspective
gives a much-needed conceptualization to this topic, describing the
function and nature of primary elections and providing a
comparative analytical framework to the impact of primaries on the
internal and external functioning of political parties. Elaborating
on the analytical tools developed to study the US experience this
framework engages with primary elections in Europe and Asia
offering a theoretical, comparative and empirical account of the
emergence of party primaries and an invaluable guide to internal
electoral processes and their impact.
The effectiveness and capacity of survival of democratic regimes
has been recently and widely questioned in the public and political
debate. Both democratic institutions and political actors are
increasingly confronted with rapid economic and societal
transformations that, at least according to some observers and
commentators, they not seem to be ready or equipped to manage
effectively. This book evaluates and challenges recent scholarly
literature on the quality of democracy. It provides a critical
assessment of the current state of the studies on the subject,
identifying the key questions and discussing open issues,
alternative approaches, problems and future developments. Bringing
together some of the most prominent and distinguished scholars who
have developed and discussed the topic of the quality of democracy
during the last decade, it deals with a highly relevant topic in
political science and extremely sensitive subject for our
democratic societies. This text will be of key interest to scholars
of democracy and democratization and more broadly to comparative
politics, electoral studies, political theory, power and
comparative political institutions.
Primary elections for choosing party leaders and candidates are now
becoming commonplace in Europe, Asia and America but questions as
to how much they hinder a party's organizational strength and
cohesion or affect electoral performance have largely been ignored
outside of the USA. Party Primaries in Comparative Perspective
gives a much-needed conceptualization to this topic, describing the
function and nature of primary elections and providing a
comparative analytical framework to the impact of primaries on the
internal and external functioning of political parties. Elaborating
on the analytical tools developed to study the US experience this
framework engages with primary elections in Europe and Asia
offering a theoretical, comparative and empirical account of the
emergence of party primaries and an invaluable guide to internal
electoral processes and their impact.
This book analyzes how mainstream and new parties are building
their digital platforms and transitioning from traditional
(offline) organizations into the digital world. The authors present
an innovative empirical exploration of the democratic consequences
and technical challenges of the digitalization of party
organizations from a comparative perspective. They provide an
original account of how party digital platforms are regulated and
used, and a crucial discussion of the main technological and
democratic issues that political parties face in their digital
transition. Further, the authors assess the consequences of these
digitalization processes for political participation and party
membership, as well as the impact on party organizational models
and electoral campaign potential. The book looks into one of the
less-studied aspects of digital democracy, also presenting
empirical evidence and case studies. It presents different parties
and their adoption of digital participation platforms, from the
Pirate Parties in Northern Europe to Podemos in Spain, La France
Insoumise in France, the Five Stars Movement in Italy, or the
German Greens. Therefore, the book is a must-read for scholars of
political science, policy-makers, and practitioners, interested in
a better understanding of the transition of political parties into
the digital world.
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