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MEASURING INTRA-PARTY DEMOCRACY
A GUIDE FOR THE CONTENT ANALYSIS OF PARTY STATUTES WITH EXAMPLES FROM HUNGARY, SLOVAKIA AND ROMANIA |
| By: |
Benjamin von dem Berge, Thomas Poguntke, Peter Obert |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£49.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
3642360327 |
| ISBN 13: |
9783642360329 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN AND HEIDELBERG GMBH & CO. KG |
| Pub. date: |
8 March, 2013 |
| Edition: |
2013 ed. |
| Series: |
SpringerBriefs in Political Science |
| Pages: |
65 |
| Synopsis: |
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. ? |
| Illustrations: |
10 Tables, black and white; 5 Illustrations, black and white; IX, 65 p. 5 |
| Publication: |
Germany |
| Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |