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la revue socialiste 60 le dossier Pour répondre à cette question, une remarque préliminaire classique s'impose : ce qui réfère au modèle organisationnel social-démocrate concerne, au premier chef, deux des trois types de profils isolés... more
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      European StudiesPolitical PartiesLabour Party (UK)Working Classes
While the collapse of party membership in the last half-century has consumed much of the focus of party scholarship, the notion of membership itself is surprisingly under-theorised. This article presents a tripartite framework for... more
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This study examines the pillarised and partitocratic nature of Belgian political parties via an empirical overview of their party on the ground. Two main research questions guide the study: To what extent can party membership figures in... more
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      European HistoryPolitical SociologyEuropean StudiesComparative Politics
Étapes d'un réalignement conservateur Pascal Delwit En Belgique, l'histoire du libéralisme politique peut se décomposer en deux temps longs. Ces derniers sont eux-mêmes entrecoupés de deux grandes périodes. De sa naissance, en 1846, à sa... more
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      Political PartiesLiberalismHistory of Political PartiesConservative Party
A l’instar des formations politiques européennes, les partis politiques français sont confrontés à plusieurs défis et soumis à nombre de tensions à l’aube de ce XXIe siècle, alors même que leur attractivité n’a jamais semblé aussi... more
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      Political SociologyComparative PoliticsFrench HistoryPolitical Parties
Les partis socialistes et sociaux-démocrates laissent peu d’observateurs et de citoyens indifférents. Depuis plusieurs années maintenant, nombre d’acteurs les présentent comme une famille de partis en crise, sans imagination ni tonus,... more
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      HistoryEuropean HistoryEuropean StudiesComparative Politics
The 'Alternative for Germany' (AfD), just like other European right-wing parties, is often reduced to an anti-immigration stance, while its potential attraction for (white and non-white) immigrants and their descendants has been mostly... more
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      Race and EthnicityPopulismRacismGermany
Socialist and Social Democratic parties leave few political observers and citizens indifferent. For several years, a certain number of actors on the political scene have presented it as a political family in crisis, lacking in imagination... more
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      European HistoryPolitical SociologySocial MovementsEuropean Studies
Le paysage politique français a connu sa transformation la plus radicale depuis 1958, au terme d'une campagne sans exemple dans le passé à l'été 2017 où le clivage gauche-droite a éclaté pour donner naissance à un socle majoritaire... more
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      Political ParticipationPolitical PartiesPolitical ScienceFrench Politics
Ciudadanos, a party founded in Catalonia in 2006, has recently acquired a major role in the Spanish political system. This article examines why it was formed almost ten years ago and how it has evolved since; its ideological principles... more
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      Catalan StudiesPolitical PartiesElectionsDecentralization
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      Latin American StudiesBrazilian StudiesBrazilian PoliticsBrazilian Politics (Political Science)
Les défis d'une social-démocratie en déclin Pascal Delwit Le 26 mai 2019, le Parti socialiste (PS) décroche le plus mauvais résultat de son histoire électorale depuis qu'existe le suffrage universel. Cette performance traduit un... more
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      Political PartiesHistory of Political PartiesSocialismBelgian History
Depuis quelques années, le PTB – le PVDA en Flandre – défraie la chronique politique et médiatique. Le Parti du travail est parvenu à s’imposer comme un interlocuteur, désormais régulier, de la presse audiovisuelle et écrite, et a... more
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      Political PartiesPolitical Extremism/Radicalism/PopulismSocialismsCommunism (Revolutions)
Contrary to the situation in Europe, comparative study of party membership in Latin America is virtually nonexistent. The goal of this essay is to fill this gap in the study of party politics and the internal organization of parties in... more
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      Latin American StudiesComparative PoliticsLatin American and Caribbean HistoryPolitical Parties
Schwieriger als Wahlen zu gewinnen und Politik zu erklären ist für Parteien eigentlich nur noch die Personalentwicklung. Das Ehrenamt ist unattraktiv, die Mitgliederbasis liefert eine extrem schmale Basis für die Talentauswahl, und... more
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      ProfessionalismGerman PoliticsParty organizationModern Germany
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      Comparative PoliticsPolitical ScienceRegionalismParty organization
Political parties are the key players of the Spanish political system. Their dom- inant role also makes them the most poorly rated political institutions. Unlike other countries, three main features distinguish the Spanish party system:... more
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      Political ParticipationPolitical PartiesElites (Political Science)Political Elites
We know a lot about the essence of the ideology factor in parties' trajectories but remarkably little of how and why this is expressed and translated into the theoretical building blocks that rationalize it. This article takes up this... more
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      Comparative PoliticsPolitical PartiesIdeologyDemocracy
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Alarcón-González, F. J. (2017). El perfil de los miembros de las organizaciones juveniles de los partidos políticos españoles. Revista Española de Ciencia Política, 45, 175-201. Doi: https://doi.org/10.21308/recp.45.07 Resumen Este... more
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Qui milite en ligne ? Ce questionnement en induit un autre : comment enquêter sur ces militants d’un genre particulier ? Cet article propose une méthode pour « capter » les cyber-militants, et plus largement pour diffuser un questionnaire... more
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      Political ParticipationPolitical PartiesPolitical CampaignsPolitical Science
The Routledge Handbook of Political Management is a comprehensive overview of the field of applied politics, encompassing political consulting, campaigns and elections, lobbying and advocacy, grass roots politics, fundraising, media and... more
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      CampaigningWestern EuropePolitical CampaignsPublic and Political Communication
Auf der Grundlage von hier erstmalig ausgewerteten Daten gibt der zweiteilige Artikel aus der Zeitschrift Z - Zeitschrift marxistische Erneuerung einen empirischen Überblick über die Entwicklung linker und sozialdemokratischer Parteien in... more
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      Political PartiesEuropean PoliticsElectionsParty members
The existence of a new phenomenon has been pointed out by party politics scholars: the gradual implementation of new mechanisms of intra-party decision-making more participatory and thus, more democratic. This phenomenon has been linked... more
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      Political PartiesPolitical SciencePolitical ElitesDemocracy
A survey of ordinary members of the United Kingdom's Conservative Party carried out in 2013 revealed that nearly 30% of them would seriously consider voting for the country's radical right wing populist party (United Kingdom Independence... more
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      British PoliticsElectoral BehaviorConservative PartyParty members
In this chapter we explore the meaning, nature and role of party membership in Italy. In a country traditionally characterized by particracy, high levels of political participation and strong cleavage politics, two opposing trends are... more
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Reference Barrio, A., Rodríguez – Teruel, J., Barberà, O., Baras, M. (2010): “Party congress delegates in Spain: The state of the art”, Paper presented to the XVII International Sociology Association World Congress. Gothenburg, 11-17 July... more
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      Comparative PoliticsPolitical ScienceSpanish politicsParty members
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      Political ParticipationParty membersSociologia PolíticaSociologie politique
At a time when most national parties in Europe are losing members , parties at the European level, or Europarties, have introduced membership for individuals. This article is the first to investigate, compare, and explain the individual... more
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      Party membersIntra-party democracyEuropean Politics, EP elections, EuropartiesEuropean People's Party
One of the traditional functions of party members is to campaign on behalf of their party at general elections. However, they are not the only people who volunteer for the job. In the context of the growing literature on 'multi-speed... more
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      Political ParticipationBritish PoliticsElection CampaigningParty members
European political parties have been recruiting members for over a century. However, "parties without partisans" are now conceivable ( Dalton and Wattenberg  ). Clearly, parties are changing, whether they are mutating, adapting, or... more
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      Political SociologyComparative PoliticsPolitical BehaviorPolitical Parties
We consider the effect of primary elections on party membership and electoral behaviour. Direct democracy instruments trigger significant changes in the role and behaviour of grassroots members. The case of the Italian centre-left... more
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      Electoral BehaviorElectoral StudiesParty membersParty Politics
Mussolini's Fascists staged their "March on Rome" in 1922 and bluffed their way to power. GERMAN / DEUTSCH Mit dem inszenierten „Marsch auf Rom“ tricksten sich Mussolinis Faschisten 1922 an die Macht. KEYWORDS / SCHLAGWÖRTER... more
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      Political SociologyComparative PoliticsPolitical PartiesPolitical Science
The re-emergence of the party as a site of mobilisation invites a broader interpretation of partisanship. A party is not just as a collective that aims to win electoral power, but one that does so as part of a principled, long-term project.
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      Social MovementsPolitical PartiesLabour Party (UK)Democratic Theory
Trends of falling membership and support spell a time of crisis for political parties, possibly of transformation. Dilemmas of principle arise: should partisans revise their normative commitments in whatever way garners new supporters, or... more
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      Social MovementsApplied EthicsPolitical PartiesLabour Party (UK)
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      Public OpinionPolitical PartiesCandidate SelectionParty members
This paper explores how party-specific contextual factors explain variations in membership levels. Based on a subset of MAPP data that includes 2898 yearly membership data points for 262 parties in 24 countries over a period from 1990 to... more
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      Party organizationParty membersParty Politics
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      Political SociologyMilitant ResearchActivismParty members
Le comportement électoral et les motivations de vote D/2015/45/196 -ISBN 978 94 014 2650 3 -NUR 754 Maquette de couverture : Compagnie Paul Verrept Photo de couverture : Berlinde De Bruyckere, Spreken, 1999. © Carine Demeter, collection M... more
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      Political PartiesCandidate SelectionParty members
La multiplication des sites politiques et des outils virtuels semble induire des reconfigurations des pratiques politiques françaises. Derrière ces évolutions, se cache la plupart du temps une équipe de jeunes militants. Nés avec... more
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      New MediaPolitical ParticipationPolitical PartiesThe Internet
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      Political PartiesSocialismsEuropean PoliticsSocialism
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      Political SociologyEuropean StudiesPolitical ParticipationSouthern Europe
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      Political PartiesParty members
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      Political PartiesSocializationActivismParty members
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      Comparative PoliticsPolitical PartiesBrazilian StudiesBrazil