Measuring Party Institutionalization in Developing Countries: A New Research Instrument Applied to 28 African Political Parties

AbstractBreaking with a long tradition of political quietism, many Salafis in Tunisia and Egypt decided to found political parties and participate in competitive elections after the collapse of the regime. In doing so, they had to present a political program to voters, including policy proposals on economic issues. The article examines how Salafi parties dealt with economic policy-making and finds that they reluctantly engaged with it, offering contradictory and naïve policies meant to pander to the electorate. Policy-making preferences and positions on economic issues are employed to look at the degree of party institutionalization Salafi parties have.

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Social Origin Is No Destiny: Background, Institutionalization, and Electoral Performance of New Political Parties in Slovakia

East European Politics and Societies and Cultures ◽

10.1177/0888325419891222 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 34 (3) ◽

pp. 637-662 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Marek Rybář ◽

Peter Spáč

Keyword(s):

Political Parties ◽

Eastern European ◽

Social Origin ◽

Electoral Support ◽

European Democracy ◽

The Social ◽

Political Entrepreneur ◽

Party Institutionalization ◽

Political Entrepreneurs ◽

Electoral Performance

The existing research suggests that socially rooted new political parties are more likely to be reelected to parliaments than parties emerging without links to preexisting social groups. It is argued that the two groups face different prospects of institutionalization: Rooted parties are more viable because their links to preexisting societal groups contribute to a higher sustainability of their electoral support and stronger institutionalization. We assess the link between the origin of parties, their level of institutionalization, and their electoral performance in the context of Slovakia, a new Eastern European democracy. We add to the existing state of knowledge in three ways. First, we empirically assess the link between the social origin of parties and their level of institutionalization. We also provide rich empirical material on the intraparty processes resulting in various levels of institutionalization. Subsequently, we assess whether rooted parties record better electoral performance than political entrepreneur parties. Second, we provide some illustration of the fact that agential factors, especially the decisions and activities related to leadership contestation, directly impact both party institutionalization and electoral performance. Third, we show that developing the links to a sociostructurally well-defined electorate may be a viable strategy to secure a parliamentary relevance for a prolonged period of time for some political entrepreneurs. Our findings suggest that parties with different levels of institutionalization are able to secure reelection, and that their electoral performance is not directly linked to their social origins.

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African Political Parties: An Introductory Guide

International Affairs ◽

10.2307/2609531 ◽

1962 ◽

Vol 38 (3) ◽

pp. 424-424

Author(s):

Margaret Roberts

Keyword(s):

Political Parties ◽

African Political Parties

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How Indian Parties Connect Voters to Leaders

Asian Survey ◽

10.1525/as.2015.55.5.969 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 55 (5) ◽

pp. 969-990 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Daniel Kushner

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Data Collection ◽

Political Parties ◽

Political Party ◽

Uttar Pradesh ◽

Interview Data ◽

Sources Of Information ◽

Party Leaders ◽

Party Platforms

How do political parties in developing countries, without access to accurate polling data, understand their voters? I examine the role that various sources of information play in political party platforms, and how the method of data collection affects parties’ policy and political efforts, primarily by using interview data from 2012 and 2013 with workers from four leading parties in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state. I theorize the role of party workers as a key conduit for information between party leaders and the voters they represent.

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Interpreting toxic masculinity in political parties: A framework for analysis

Party Politics ◽

10.1177/1354068819887591 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 135406881988759 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Oliver Daddow ◽

Isabelle Hertner

Keyword(s):

Political Parties ◽

Conceptual Framework ◽

Political Party ◽

Paired Comparison ◽

Political Activity ◽

Policy Positions ◽

Informal Practices ◽

The Uk ◽

New Research ◽

Alternative For Germany

The term ‘toxic masculinity’ (TM) was coined in the 1990s by sociologists and psychologists. It has since been appropriated by scholars and commentators interested in gendered behaviours, policies and outcomes in politics. However, despite the attention belatedly being paid to masculinities as part of that research, the analysis of, specifically, TM’s part in shaping political practices remains underdeveloped. This article proposes a move in this direction by designing a conceptual framework for exploring TM inside political parties. We adapt findings from the original TM literature to generate a series of indicators of TM spanning the vital realms of party political activity: its policy positions, accompanying discourse and the formal and informal practices – often behind the scenes – that express the party’s values broader ethos and outlook. We then test the framework using a paired comparison of two parties of the populist right where we might expect to see relatively high levels of TM: the Alternative for Germany and the UK Independence Party. Our empirical findings give us confidence that drawing on the concept of TM can provide us with novel insights into the interplay between masculinity and political party cultures. We also hope that it will inspire a significant body of new research into TM in political parties from across the party spectrum as well as globally.

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Institusionalisasi Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (PKS) dan Partai Persatuan Pembangunan (PPP) di Kota Palembang

Ampera: A Research Journal on Politics and Islamic Civilization ◽

10.19109/ampera.v2i1.7515 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 25-39

Author(s):

Agung Pratama Putra ◽

Norhuda Norhuda ◽

Nico Oktario Adytyas

Keyword(s):

Political Parties ◽

General Election ◽

Public Knowledge ◽

Legislative Elections ◽

Knowledge Based ◽

Research Findings ◽

Party Institutionalization ◽

Islamic Parties ◽

Islamic Political Parties

This research is entitled "INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF ISLAMIC POLITICAL PARTIES IN PALEMBANG CITY: A Case Study of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) and the United Development Party (PPP)". This research explains that the institutionalization of Islamic political parties in Palembang City can affect the results of the legislative elections and the existence of voters, which at the time of the 2019 legislative elections in Palembang City, the votes and seats of Islamic political parties experienced very significant changes in terms of the number of votes. and legislative seats. Islamic political parties that experienced an increase in the number of votes and legislative seats, namely the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) when the 2014 legislative general election received three seats but in the 2019 legislative general election it got five seats, while the Islamic political parties which experienced a decrease in the number of votes and legislative seats, namely the Party The Development Association (PPP) when the 2014 legislative election won two seats, but in the 2019 legislative general election, it only got one seat. The reason the author chose the title Institutionalization of Islamic Political Parties in Palembang City is due to the extent to which Islamic parties have or have not been institutionalized, this research on the institutionalization of political parties uses the theory of Vicky Randall and Lars Svasand political parties are considered institutionalized if there are four degrees of institutionalization such as Degree of System, Degree of Value Identity , Degree of Decision Autonomy and Degree of Public Knowledge. Based on the theory used, the results of this study, among others, prove that PKS can be said to have been institutionalized and PPP has not been institutionalized based on the four degrees of political party institutionalization theory concept according to Vicky Randall and Lars Svasand. So that it can be directly proven by the results of research findings where the institutionalization of PKS and PPP parties has similarities and differences between the two Islamic political parties in absorbing the people's aspirations and fighting for the interests of Muslims in Palembang City.

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