This book presents an integrated approach to measuring the level of intra-party democracy through deductive and standardized content analysis of party statutes. Following the two main criteria of intra-party democracy ¿ inclusiveness and decentralization ¿ three main categories of intra-party democracy are theoretically derived: members¿ rights, organizational structure and decision-making. On the basis of theoretical considerations further sub-categories and individual items are deduced from these main categories and put together into a comprehensive coding scheme. Furthermore, precise coding instructions are presented. Since it is the ultimate aim of this book to present an approach to measuring the level of intra-party democracy for any party statute and to express this in numerical terms, the final step is the quantification of the coded data and the calculation of a numeric measure of intra-party democracy. A numeric value of intra-party democracy can be calculated for any statute of any political party. Furthermore, empirical examples from Hungary, Slovakia and Romania are presented. ¿
| Autorius: | Benjamin von dem Berge, Diana Tipei, Peter Obert, Thomas Poguntke, |
| Serija: | SpringerBriefs in Political Science |
| Leidėjas: | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Išleidimo metai: | 2013 |
| Knygos puslapių skaičius: | 76 |
| ISBN-10: | 3642360327 |
| ISBN-13: | 9783642360329 |
| Formatas: | Knyga minkštu viršeliu |
| Kalba: | Anglų |
| Žanras: | Comparative politics |
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