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Low Membership in Czech Political Parties: Party Strategy or Structural Determinants?
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SYSNO ASEP 0322108 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Ostatní články Title Low Membership in Czech Political Parties: Party Strategy or Structural Determinants? Title Nízký počet členů českých politických stran: stranická strategie nebo strukturální determinanty? Author(s) Linek, Lukáš (SOU-Z) RID, ORCID, SAI
Pecháček, Š. (CZ)Source Title Journal of Communist Studies and Transitional Politics - ISSN 1352-3279
Roč. 23, č. 2 (2007), s. 259-275Number of pages 17 s. Publication form www - www Language eng - English Country GB - United Kingdom Keywords political parties ; party membership ; antiparty sentiments ; party organization Subject RIV AD - Politology ; Political Sciences R&D Projects 1J004/04-DP1 GA MPS - Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MPSV) CEZ AV0Z70280505 - SOU-Z (2005-2011) DOI 10.1080/13523270701317539 Annotation Political parties in the post-communist countries are said to focus on electoral strategies and not on organizational building. Based on the detailed research of Czech political parties, we argue that political parties facing an environment that was hostile to organised partisanship adapted their organizational strategies to make party membership more attractive. Even though they experience a continually falling number of members or at least their stagnation. We show that the main reason for this lies not in parties’ lack of interest about members, but in psychological barriers among the public. Workplace Institute of Sociology Contact Eva Nechvátalová, eva.nechvatalova@soc.cas.cz, Tel.: 222 220 924 / linka 351 Year of Publishing 2009
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