Party organization and electoral volatility in Central and Eastern Europe : enhancing voter loyalty / Sergiu Gherghina.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gherghina, Sergiu, author.

Series:

Routledge research in comparative politics

Routledge research in comparative politics ; 61

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--Europe, Central.

Political parties.

Political parties--Europe, Eastern.

Elections.

Voting research.

Party affiliation.

Eastern Europe.

Party affiliation--Europe, Central.

Party affiliation--Europe, Eastern.

Voting research--Europe, Central.

Voting research--Europe, Eastern.

Elections--Europe, Central.

Elections--Europe, Eastern.

Europe, Central--Politics and government--1989-.

Europe, Central.

Central Europe.

Politics and government.

Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--1989-.

Europe, Eastern.

Physical Description:

xviii, 195 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.

Summary:

"Political parties in post-communist countries have very high levels of electoral volatility. In these environments, political factions fail to establish long-term connections with the electorate and thus regularly rise and fall from the political arena. 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. Including case studies from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia this book will be of interest to students and scholars of comparative politics, party politics, democratization, elections, and Central and Eastern European politics"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : Institutional Determinants of Voter Choice

Layers and Sources of Electoral Volatility

Party Organization and Electoral Volatility : An Analytical Model

Mapping Electoral Volatility in Central and Eastern Europe

The Benefits of Decentralized Candidate Selection

Loose Mobilizing Networks

The Continuity of Representation

A Multivariate Analysis of Electoral Volatility

Conclusions

Appendix.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-191) and index.

ISBN:

9780415737166

0415737168

OCLC:

892160711