Political Activism: Post-communist Challenges and Opportunities in East Central Europe

<span class="abs_content">Contrary to standard narratives on the declining function of parties in fostering political participation, this article argues that far from abandoning the cause of participation, post-communist political parties diversified the understanding of the party as...

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Autores principales:	Alexandra Iancu, Sorina Soare
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Coordinamento SIBA 2016
Materias:	electoral turnout organization participation political parties post-communism Political science (General) JA1-92
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3a60585112444659add6eb1f41f43cbf2021-11-21T15:11:38ZPolitical Activism: Post-communist Challenges and Opportunities in East Central Europe1972-76232035-660910.1285/i20356609v9i1p152https://doaj.org/article/3a60585112444659add6eb1f41f43cbf2016-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/paco/article/view/15896https://doaj.org/toc/1972-7623https://doaj.org/toc/2035-6609<span class="abs_content">Contrary to standard narratives on the declining function of parties in fostering political participation, this article argues that far from abandoning the cause of participation, post-communist political parties diversified the understanding of the party as a mobilizing agency by adapting their internal organizations. On the basis of a mid-range number of cases (e.g. Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia) the study identified different patterns of evolution within a complex interaction effect between participation and organizational development. The peculiarity of the parties’ organization and functions has shaped political participation both as an opportunity structure (legitimizing the political system and increasing citizens’ involvement in politics) and as a democratic challenge (increasing the pro-pensity of parties towards populism, ‘seasonal’ membership, corruption and clientelism).</span><br />Alexandra IancuSorina SoareCoordinamento SIBAarticleelectoral turnoutorganizationparticipationpolitical partiespost-communismPolitical science (General)JA1-92ENPartecipazione e Conflitto, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 152-180 (2016)
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description	<span class="abs_content">Contrary to standard narratives on the declining function of parties in fostering political participation, this article argues that far from abandoning the cause of participation, post-communist political parties diversified the understanding of the party as a mobilizing agency by adapting their internal organizations. On the basis of a mid-range number of cases (e.g. Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia) the study identified different patterns of evolution within a complex interaction effect between participation and organizational development. The peculiarity of the parties’ organization and functions has shaped political participation both as an opportunity structure (legitimizing the political system and increasing citizens’ involvement in politics) and as a democratic challenge (increasing the pro-pensity of parties towards populism, ‘seasonal’ membership, corruption and clientelism).</span><br />
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title	Political Activism: Post-communist Challenges and Opportunities in East Central Europe
title_short	Political Activism: Post-communist Challenges and Opportunities in East Central Europe
title_full	Political Activism: Post-communist Challenges and Opportunities in East Central Europe
title_fullStr	Political Activism: Post-communist Challenges and Opportunities in East Central Europe
title_full_unstemmed	Political Activism: Post-communist Challenges and Opportunities in East Central Europe
title_sort	political activism: post-communist challenges and opportunities in east central europe
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Political Activism: Post-communist Challenges and Opportunities in East Central Europe

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