Veranstaltungshinweis: Virtueller Workshop vom 25.05.2021 bis zum 28.05.2021 zum Thema “New Parties – New Party Members”. Organisiert von Karina Kosiara-Pedersen (University of Copenhagen) und Kristina Weissenbach (NRW School of Governance). Der Workshop findet ausschließlich in englischer Sprache statt.
New Parties – New Party Members
The centrality of political parties in representative democracies stems from their role as entities that nominate candidates for public elections and is what distinguishes them from other political organizations, such as interest groups or movements. Particularly since the ‘heyday’ of mass parties in the 1950s and 1960s, strong normative claims that political parties should be membership organizations have prevailed. This has shaped the character of party organization research, which has traditionally focused on political parties as membership organizations. (mehr …)