Stability and Change in Local Party Politics

1961 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard T. Frost
Keyword(s):  
Party Politics ◽  
Stability And Change ◽  
Local Party

Indonesian local party politics

2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 615-636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vedi R. Hadiz
Keyword(s):  
Party Politics ◽  
Local Party

Bureaucratic Power and Public Policies: A Test of the Rational Staff Maximization Hypothesis

1987 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
George A. Boyne
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Political System ◽  
Party Politics ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Bureaucratic Power ◽  
Time Periods ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Local Party

This paper tests the staff maximization hypothesis that bureaucratic power is positively related to labour inputs to the production of public sector goods and services. The context of the test is the staffing policies of three groups of British local authorities in three time periods. The relationship between bureaucratic power and changes in authorities' staff is estimated while controlling for the influence of local party politics, central grants and conditions in the environment of the local political system. The results of the statistical analysis refute the staff maximization hypothesis.

Primaries on Demand? Intra-Party Politics and Nominations in Ghana

2012 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 769-791 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nahomi Ichino ◽  
Noah L. Nathan
Keyword(s):  
Party Politics ◽  
Candidate Selection ◽  
Primary Elections ◽  
New Democracies ◽  
Party Leaders ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Original Dataset ◽  
Political Interference ◽  
Party Members ◽  
Local Party

In new democracies, why do political party leaders relinquish power over nominations and allow legislative candidates to be selected by primary elections? Where the legislature is weak and politics is clientelistic, democratization of candidate selection is driven by local party members seeking benefits from primary contestants. Analysis of an original dataset on legislative nominations and political interference by party leaders for the 2004 and 2008 elections in Ghana shows that primaries are more common where nominations attract more aspirants and where the party is more likely to win, counter to predictions in the existing literature. Moreover, the analysis shows that party leaders interfere in primaries in a pattern consistent with anticipation of party members’ reactions.

Registration Fees for Same-Sex Unions, Local Party Politics and Societal Demand

2013 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 756-776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Debus ◽  
Christoph Knill ◽  
Jale Tosun
Keyword(s):  
Party Politics ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Local Party

scholarly journals Party System Fragmentation in Indonesia: The Subnational Dimension

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk Tomsa
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Party System ◽  
Local Level ◽  
National Level ◽  
Party Politics ◽  
Electoral Institutions ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Party Institutionalization ◽  
Local Party

In this article I analyze the extent and causes of party system fragmentation in Indonesia's provincial and district parliaments. Focusing on the results of the first three post-Suharto elections in 1999, 2004, and 2009, I first highlight that local-level fragmentation is not only generally higher than national-level fragmentation but also that it has consistently increased over the three elections and that fragmentation has been particularly high in Eastern Indonesia. I then explain these three trends as a result of three main factors: First, electoral institutions applied between 1999 and 2009 facilitated fragmentation and poor party system institutionalization, mainly due to the introduction of an open list system in 2009 and the absence of a parliamentary threshold at the local level. Second, low levels of party institutionalization progressively individualized local party politics and made it normal for candidates to switch to smaller parties if it suited their interests, thereby exacerbating fragmentation. Third, electoral campaigning for local parliaments has been dominated by traditional methods based on personal relationships and networks rather than lavish public relations campaigns with expensive TV ads, further reinforcing the effects of the first two factors.

scholarly journals The Feminisation of Belgian Local Party Politics

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-191
Author(s):  
Robin Devroe ◽  
Silvia Erzeel ◽  
Petra Meier
Keyword(s):  
Party Politics ◽  
Local Party

The 2000 Presidential Election and the Foundations of Party Politics

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Johnston ◽  
Michael G. Hagen ◽  
Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Election ◽  
Party Politics
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