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Democracy and the Structures of Political Parties Democracy and the Structures of Political Parties
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Hypotheses Hypotheses
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Candidate Selection Candidate Selection
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Leadership Selection Leadership Selection
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Policy‐Making Policy‐Making
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Selecting Candidates Selecting Candidates
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Leadership Selection Leadership Selection
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Policy‐Making Policy‐Making
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Appendix Leadership Selectorate Details, by Party Appendix Leadership Selectorate Details, by Party
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7 From Social Integration to Electoral Contestation: The Changing Distribution of Power within Political Parties
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Published:March 2002
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Abstract
Assembles new cross‐national evidence on changes in the internal distribution of power within political parties. It hypothesizes that ongoing changes in candidate selection, leadership selection, and policy‐making enable more party supporters to participate in party decision‐making, but that these changes may coincide with a strengthening of central party powers. The chapter concludes that grass‐roots party members (and sometimes even non‐member supporters) commonly play a significant role in selecting legislative candidates and in legitimizing election programmes, though party elites generally retain vetoes over candidate‐selection and enjoy considerable autonomy in shaping party policy. However, the remains of the classic mass party model are especially evident in the significant number of parties that have congress delegates decide on the question of leadership. In these cases, the influence of the sub‐leadership stratum has not been completely eroded. Although patterns are mixed, there are now more instances around the democratic world where party leaders operate a coalition of power in which grass‐roots members are significant junior partners.
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