How to run an efficient political machine: the billionaire Andrej Babiš and his political-business project

This paper contributes to the debate on entrepreneurial parties with the empirical example of the Czech ANO party. The authors focus on selected aspects of the internal organisation and functioning of the party, emphasising the points where business methods and practices are transferred to the envir...

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Autores principales:	Hloušek Vít, Kopeček Lubomír
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Lenguaje:	CS EN SK
Publicado:	Sciendo 2019
Materias:	internal party organisation intra-party democracy andrej babiš ano entrepreneurial party Political science J
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:fb7552cfff994c4a8920618796774bda2021-12-02T19:04:29ZHow to run an efficient political machine: the billionaire Andrej Babiš and his political-business project1801-342210.2478/pce-2019-0002https://doaj.org/article/fb7552cfff994c4a8920618796774bda2019-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2019-0002https://doaj.org/toc/1801-3422This paper contributes to the debate on entrepreneurial parties with the empirical example of the Czech ANO party. The authors focus on selected aspects of the internal organisation and functioning of the party, emphasising the points where business methods and practices are transferred to the environment of party politics. The empirical part shows how the leader has built loyalty inside the party, and analyses its methods of control and coercion that are similar to the human resources recruitment techniques used in businesses. The authors investigate such matters as the vetting of candidates for public offices, the significant barriers created against those wishing to join the party and the party leadership’s strict control over membership. The article also describes the development of ANO’s electoral-professional services and the creation of mass media support. In conclusion, the authors discuss the broader future for the internal workings of entrepreneurial parties – including their lack of intra-party democracy – and their relationship with the changing landscape of contemporary party politics.Hloušek VítKopeček LubomírSciendoarticleinternal party organisationintra-party democracyandrej babišanoentrepreneurial partyPolitical scienceJCSENSKPolitics in Central Europe, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 35-54 (2019)
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description	This paper contributes to the debate on entrepreneurial parties with the empirical example of the Czech ANO party. The authors focus on selected aspects of the internal organisation and functioning of the party, emphasising the points where business methods and practices are transferred to the environment of party politics. The empirical part shows how the leader has built loyalty inside the party, and analyses its methods of control and coercion that are similar to the human resources recruitment techniques used in businesses. The authors investigate such matters as the vetting of candidates for public offices, the significant barriers created against those wishing to join the party and the party leadership’s strict control over membership. The article also describes the development of ANO’s electoral-professional services and the creation of mass media support. In conclusion, the authors discuss the broader future for the internal workings of entrepreneurial parties – including their lack of intra-party democracy – and their relationship with the changing landscape of contemporary party politics.
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title	How to run an efficient political machine: the billionaire Andrej Babiš and his political-business project
title_short	How to run an efficient political machine: the billionaire Andrej Babiš and his political-business project
title_full	How to run an efficient political machine: the billionaire Andrej Babiš and his political-business project
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How to run an efficient political machine: the billionaire Andrej Babiš and his political-business project

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