Sergiu Gherghina

Party Organization and Electoral Volatility in Central and Eastern Europe

Enhancing voter loyalty

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an organizational explanation for the variations in party-level electoral volatility. It looks comparatively at 29 political parties in six Central and Eastern European democracies between 1990 and 2008 to examine how political parties can influence their electoral environment. Using empirical evidence, Gherghina tests the effect of candidate selection procedures, membership organizations, and re-nomination of incumbent MPs on voters' loyalty, and in doing so, demonstrates how party organization greatly affects electoral stability.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780415737166
• ISBN-10: 0415737168
• Artikelnr.: 40822639

Autorenporträt

Sergiu Gherghina is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Political Science, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Institutional Determinants of Voter Choice 1. Layers and
Sources of Electoral Volatility 2. Party Organization and Electoral
Volatility: An Analytical Model 3. Mapping Electoral Volatility in Central
and Eastern Europe 4. The Benefits of Decentralized Candidate Selection 5.
Loose Mobilizing Networks 6. The Continuity of Representation 7. A
Multivariate Analysis of Electoral Volatility Conclusions Appendix List of
references