Measuring Intra-Party Democracy A Guide for the Content Analysis of Party Statutes with Examples from Hungary, Slovakia and Romania /

• Main Authors: von dem Berge, Benjamin (Author), Poguntke, Thomas (Author), Obert, Peter (Author), Tipei, Diana (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Political Science,
• Subjects: Political science.; Comparative politics.; Political Science and International Relations.; Comparative Politics.

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 democr...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Deduction of the Coding Scheme
• 3 The Coding Scheme
• 4 The Coding Procedure
• 5 The Proof of the Pudding: Arriving at Numbers
• 6 Summary and Outlook
• Appendices.