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Post-Communist Democracies and Party Organization Margit Tavits Index More Information Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-03569-0 - Post-Communist Democracies and Party Organization Margit Tavits Index More information Index Aare, Juhan, 222–224 Belgium, participation in local elections in, 40 Activism as attribute of organizational Benko,˜ Peter,´ 91 strength, 7, 16, 19, 24–25 Benoit, Kenneth, 119 Age of parties, effect on unity of parties, Bır´ o,´ Zoltan,´ 179–180 120 Blais, Andre,´ 155 Agh,´ Attila, 87 Blok, Andrus, 222–224 Ansip, Andrus, 172–173 Boix, Carles, 156 Antall, Jozsef,´ 179–180 Branch offices of parties Argentina, branch offices of parties in, 31 in Argentina, 31 Attributes of organizational strength, 16–19 in Australia, 28 autonomy, 16 in Canada, 30, 31–32 centralization, 16 electoral success, effect on, 27–32 issue orientation, 16, 19 in Estonia, 30 membership size and activism, 7, 16, 19, in Finland, 30 24–25 in Ireland, 30 organizational extensiveness, 7, 16, 19, in Italy, 30 24–25 as measurement of organizational strength, overview, 7 20–21, 39–40 performance of parties, 16, 19 in Norway, 31 personalization, lack of, 16, 19 in Russia, 32 professionalization of central organization, in Sweden, 31 7, 16, 19, 24–25 in United Kingdom, 31–32 table, 17–18 in United States, 28, 29, 31 Australia, branch offices of parties in, 28 unity of parties, effect on, 118, 120–122 Autonomy as attribute of organizational Bratinka, Pavel, 170 strength, 16 Brazil, “pork barrel” politics in, 116 Budgets of parties, effect on unity of parties, Balazs,´ Magdolina, 229–230 120, 123–124 Balcerowicz, Leszek, 186–187 Bugaj, Ryszard, 187–188 Bartolini, Stefano, 31 Bulgaria, effect of organizational strength on Bartoncik,ˇ Josef, 215–217 electoral success in, 38, 52–54 Bartoszcze, Roman, 95, 182–183 Buzek, Jerzy, 235–236 Beck, Nathaniel, 62 Buzkova, Petra, 75 277 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-03569-0 - Post-Communist Democracies and Party Organization Margit Tavits Index More information 278 Index Campaign expenditure leaders of, 210–213 effect on organizational strength, 159 leadership of parties, effect on tables, 161, 209 organizational strength, 170 Canada, branch offices of parties in, 30, scandals in, 76, 78–79 31–32 unity of parties in, 5 Carey, John M., 117, 120 Civic Democratic Party (ODS) Carty, R. Kenneth, 31–32 in coalition governments, 73 Case selection for study, 13–14 electoral success, effect of organizational Centralization as attribute of organizational strength on, 35–36, 76–80 strength, 16 expulsion of party members from, 126, Centralized candidate selection, effect on unity 136 of parties, 118–119, 123 leaders of, 210–213 Cernˇ y,´ Jan, 170–171 leadership of parties, effect on Charismatic leaders, role of, 166 organizational strength, 167–168 Chhibber, Pradeep, 38 scandals in, 76, 78–79 Chruszcz, Sylwester, 238–239 unity of parties in, 125 Clark, Alistair, 32 Civic Forum (OF), 72, 76–77, 79 Clientelism Civic Movement, 79 electoral success and, 47, 48 coalition governments in, 73 organizational strength, effect on, 157 Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia Clinton, Hillary, 154 (KSCM)ˇ Coalition governments in coalition governments, 73 in Czech Republic, 73 electoral success, effect of organizational in Hungary, 43, 89, 93 strength on, 70–73 in Poland, 43, 102–103, 107 environmental hostility and, 161–162 Coleman, John J., 29 failure to reform, 74–75 Collins, Jim, 165–166 leaders of, 210–213, 214–215 Colman, Tyler, 6 Czech Party of the Democratic Left (SDL), Committee leadership, effect of subunit 73, 74–75 organizational strength on Czech Social Democratic Party (CSSD)ˇ overview, 136–137 defections from, 112 regression analysis, 148 electoral success, effect of organizational results of analysis, 147–150 strength on, 35–36, 74–76 theoretical arguments, 136–137 expulsion of party members from, 126 Comparative Manifesto Project, 57, 158 leaders of, 210–213 Conceptualization of organizational strength, leadership of parties, effect on 16–19 organizational strength, 167–168 Controlled comparison, electoral success scandals in, 75 analysis and, 69–70, 109–110 unity of parties in, 125 Cotter, Cornelius P., 38, 164 defections from parties in, 112 Cross, William P., 155 Democratic Union (DEU), 79 Crozier, Michael, 133 electoral districts in, 139 Csurka, Istvan,´ 90, 229 electoral success, effect of organizational Cunek,ˇ Jirˇı,´ 215–217 strength on Curry, Jane Leftwich, 100–101, 102 Civic Democratic Alliance (ODA), 76–80 Czech Republic Civic Democratic Party (ODS), 76–80 Christian Democratic Union (KDU-CSL),ˇ Communist Party of Bohemia and 210–213, 215–217 Moravia (KSCM),ˇ 70–73 Civic Democratic Alliance (ODA) Czech Social Democratic Party (CSSD),ˇ in coalition governments, 73 74–76 electoral success, effect of organizational overview, 70, 108 strength on, 76–80 tables, 45, 46 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-03569-0 - Post-Communist Democracies and Party Organization Margit Tavits Index More information Index 279 European Democrats, 80 Economic performance, electoral success and, expulsion of party members in, 126, 136 49 Free Democrats, 79 Eldersveld, Samuel J., 28 Freedom Union (US) Electoral strength of parties, effect on leaders of, 210–213 parliamentary voting behavior, 144 leadership of parties, effect on Electoral success, effect of organizational organizational strength, 170–171 strength on overview, 79 average party organizational strength, 61 leadership of parties, effect on branch offices of parties, effect of, 27–32 organizational strength in Bulgaria, 38 Civic Democratic Alliance (ODA), 170 causal mechanisms, 69–70, 108–111 Civic Democratic Party (ODS), 167–168 clientelism and, 47, 48 Czech Social Democratic Party (CSSD),ˇ controlled comparison and, 69–70, 109–110 167–168 counterarguments, 36–38 Freedom Union (US), 170–171 cross-country analysis, results of, 45, 46, overview, 171 49–51, 52, 55 qualitative analysis, 189 in Czech Republic Left Bloc Party, 73, 74–75 Civic Democratic Alliance (ODA), 76–80 number of parties, 204 Civic Democratic Party (ODS), 76–80 parliamentary voting behavior, effect of Communist Party of Bohemia and subunit organizational strength on, Moravia (KSCM),ˇ 70–73 136, 142 Czech Social Democratic Party (CSSD),ˇ participation in local elections in, 41 74–76 Republicans (SPR-RSC)ˇ overview, 70, 108 leaders of, 210–213, 217 tables, 45, 46 unity of parties in, 5, 125 district-level analysis, results of, 63–65, 67 strategic decisions against organizational economic performance and, 49 strength, 197 in Estonia unity of parties, effect of organizational Center Party (K), 81 strength on, 4, 5, 117–118, 125 Coalition Party (KE), 81 overview, 81, 108 Data sources, 203 Res Publica (RP), 81 David,´ Ibolya, 179–180 tables, 45, 46 Deegan-Krause, Kevin, 35, 41, 77–78 existing evidence, 35–36 Defections from parties explanatory variables, 44–49 in Czech Republic, 112 extending sample, 52–54 in Estonia, 112, 128 focused comparison and, 69–70, 109–110 formula, 207 funding and, 48 in Hungary, 126 in Hungary parliamentary voting behavior, effect of Alliance of Young Democrats (Fidesz), subunit organizational strength on, 92–94 defection rate as dependent variable, Christian Democratic People’s Party 138–139 (KDNP), 90 in Poland, 112 Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF), Definition of organizational strength, 7, 16–19 89–91 Demszky, Gabor,´ 229–231 Hungarian Socialist Party (MSzP), 87–89 Dienstbier, Jiri, 79 Independent Party of Smallholders Discipline of party members (FKgP), 91–92 in Estonia, 127–128 overview, 38, 86, 108 unity of parties, effect of organizational tables, 45, 46 strength on, 113–114, 115 immediate effects of strengthening, 56, 57 Duverger, Maurice, 6, 153 in Latvia, 52–54 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-03569-0 - Post-Communist Democracies and Party Organization Margit Tavits Index More information 280 Index Electoral success, effect of organizational electoral success, effect of organizational strength on (cont.) strength on, 81 leader centeredness and, 47 environmental hostility and, 155–156, in Lithuania, 52–54 162 local party, strength of, 35 expulsion of party members from, membership in parties, effect of, 26–27 126–127 methodology of study, 38–39, 69–70 leaders of, 218–221 missingness, treatment of, 54–55, 56 leadership of parties, effect on multicollinearity and, 50 organizational strength, 172 multiple imputation estimates and, 51 nature of electorate and, 162 overview, 7–9, 23–24, 67–68, 195–196 scandals in, 83–84 pairwise correlation coefficients, 44 splits in, 86 patronage and, 47–48 unity of parties in, 4 persuasiveness, 25 Coalition Party (KE) in Poland electoral success, effect of organizational Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), 99–106 strength, 81 Freedom Union (UW), 101, 105, 107 leaders of, 218–221, 224–225 Labor Union (UP), 101, 102, 105 overview, 85 Law and Justice (PiS), 105 scandals in, 83–84 overview, 95, 108 unity of parties in, 4 Polish Peasant Party (PSL), 95–99 defections from parties in, 112, 128 Solidarity Electoral Alliance (AWS), discipline of party members in, 127–128 106–108 electoral districts in, 139 tables, 45, 46 electoral success, effect of organizational process tracing and, 69–70, 109 strength on reaching voters, effectiveness in, 25 Center Party (K), 81 regression analysis, 51, 53, 55, 65 Coalition Party (KE), 81 relationships between different measures of overview, 81, 108 organizational strength, 42 Res Publica (RP), 81
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