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Political Party Membership in New DemocraciesThe Role of Party Members in the Slovak Republic

Political Party Membership in New Democracies: The Role of Party Members in the Slovak Republic [This chapter examines the role of party members in the Slovak Republic. Surveys and interviews were used to gather information about the roles of party members in SMER—Social Democracy and the (now defunct) Social and Democratic Christian Union—Democratic Party. Using this data, the sub-hypotheses developed in Chap. 2 are tested. It is found that Slovakia’s high magnitude proportional electoral system encourages parties to communicate with voters primarily through mass, social and digital media. Grassroots campaigning is more likely to occur in advance of municipal elections; however, parties from the fragmented centre-right struggled to establish a significant presence outside the major cities. The success of ‘micro-parties’ prompted elites from existing parties to consider whether members were necessary for modern campaigning.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Political Party Membership in New DemocraciesThe Role of Party Members in the Slovak Republic

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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
ISBN
978-3-030-41795-6
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117 –146
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-41796-3_5
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[This chapter examines the role of party members in the Slovak Republic. Surveys and interviews were used to gather information about the roles of party members in SMER—Social Democracy and the (now defunct) Social and Democratic Christian Union—Democratic Party. Using this data, the sub-hypotheses developed in Chap. 2 are tested. It is found that Slovakia’s high magnitude proportional electoral system encourages parties to communicate with voters primarily through mass, social and digital media. Grassroots campaigning is more likely to occur in advance of municipal elections; however, parties from the fragmented centre-right struggled to establish a significant presence outside the major cities. The success of ‘micro-parties’ prompted elites from existing parties to consider whether members were necessary for modern campaigning.]

Published: May 13, 2020

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