ISBN:
9783642360336
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (IX, 65 p. 5 illus, digital)
Series Statement:
SpringerBriefs in Political Science
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Measuring intra-party democracy
Keywords:
Social sciences
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Social Sciences
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Social sciences
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Ungarn
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Rumänien
;
Slowakei
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Innerparteiliche Demokratie
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Ungarn
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Rumänien
;
Slowakei
;
Innerparteiliche Demokratie
Abstract:
This book presents an integrated approach to measuring the level of intra-party democracy through deductive and standardized content analysis of party statutes. Following the two main criteria of intra-party democracy inclusiveness and decentralization three main categories of intra-party democracy are theoretically derived: members' rights, organizational structure and decision-making. On the basis of theoretical considerations further sub-categories and individual items are deduced from these main categories and put together into a comprehensive coding scheme. Furthermore, precise coding instructions are presented. Since it is the ultimate aim of this book to present an approach to measuring the level of intra-party democracy for any party statute and to express this in numerical terms, the final step is the quantification of the coded data and the calculation of a numeric measure of intra-party democracy. A numeric value of intra-party democracy can be calculated for any statute of any political party. Furthermore, empirical examples from Hungary, Slovakia and Romania are presented?
Abstract:
This book presents an integrated approach to measuring the level of intra-party democracy through deductive and standardized content analysis of party statutes. Following the two main criteria of intra-party democracy - inclusiveness and decentralization - three main categories of intra-party democracy are theoretically derived: members' rights, organizational structure and decision-making. On the basis of theoretical considerations further sub-categories and individual items are deduced from these main categories and put together into a comprehensive coding scheme. Furthermore, precise coding
Description / Table of Contents:
Measuring Intra-Party Democracy; Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Deduction of the Coding Scheme; 2.1 Members' Rights; 2.1.1 General Members' Rights; 2.1.2 Minority Rights; 2.2 Organizational Structure; 2.2.1 Party Congress; 2.2.2 Conflict Solving Agencies; 2.2.3 The National Executive; 2.2.4 The Executive Committee; 2.2.5 The Party President; 2.2.6 Relationship Between the National Level and Subnational Levels; 2.3 Decision-Making; 2.3.1 Recruitment; 2.3.1.1 Recruitment to National Public Office; 2.3.1.2 Recruitment to National Intra-Party Office; 2.3.1.3 Procedures
Description / Table of Contents:
2.3.2 Programmatic Issues3 The Coding Scheme; 4 The Coding Procedure; 4.1 The Coding Unit; 4.2 General Coding Instructions; 4.2.1 Identification of Party Organs; 4.2.2 The Coding Itself; 4.3 General Coding Rules; 4.4 Coding Examples; 4.4.1 Example A: General Coding Example; 4.4.2 Example B: One Sentence, More Arguments; 4.4.3 Example C: The Term 'Explicitly Mentioned'; 4.4.4 Example D: Contradicting Information; 5 The Proof of the Pudding: Arriving at Numbers; 5.1 Quantification, Robustness and Inter-Coder Reliability; 5.1.1 Quantification; 5.1.2 Examining Weighting, Robustness, and Variance
Description / Table of Contents:
5.1.3 Inter-Coder Reliability5.2 Intra-Party Democracy in Hungarian, Slovak and Romanian Parties; 5.2.1 Parties in Hungary; 5.2.2 Parties in Slovakia; 5.2.3 Parties in Romania; 5.3 Conclusion; 6 Summary and Outlook; Appendix A: Coding Instructions and Allocation of Values (Quantification); Appendix B: Descriptive Statistics; Appendix C: Reliability Test; References
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-36033-6
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