Robin T Pettitt
Biographic Data
| ID | 4075023 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robin T Pettitt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robin T |
| FAMILY NAME | Pettitt |
| SIGNATURE | PETTITT R T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kingston University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The ‘how’ of election manifestos in the British Labour Party
The organizational history of the British Labour Party is to a significant degree the story of an ongoing struggle over the ‘how’ of election manifestos, a struggle, partly driven by a broad-based agreement over the ‘why’ of manifestos. This is a struggle between a ‘parliamentary independence’ wing and a ‘grass-roots control’ wing. Because the manifesto is seen as a programme for government action, this also means that the answer to the how takes…
Benjamin von dem Berge, Thomas Poguntke, Peter Obert and Diana Tipei, Measuring Intra-Party Democracy
Mobilising volunteer activists in political parties
The role of volunteer activists in the success of election campaigning has undergone somewhat of a renaissance in the last decade or so. It is now becoming increasingly evident that having a strong volunteer activist base is central to winning elections, especially when the campaign is a close run affair. This then raises the important question of how to raise the volunteer armies necessary for such work. Indeed, there is a reasonably long standi…
Me, myself and I
Exploring Variations in Intra-party Democracy
When it comes to the prospects for intra-party democracy, the view of the academic literature and many practitioners is generally very bleak. Intra-party democracy is either declining or was never there in the first place. This article will argue that this is not an accurate reflection of what is going on in political parties. Rather than being in either universal long-term decline or permanently and unavoidably absent, intra-party democracy vari…
Electoral Reform, ‘New Politics’ and Intra‐party Democracy in Post‐devolution Scotland
This article examines whether devolution has generated the potential for a more participatory democracy in Scotland through greater membership influence on party policy. It is argued that consensus democracies make it easier for parties to generate intra‐party democracy than majoritarian style democracies. The article looks at how much devolution, and especially the use of the mixed member proportional electoral system has pushed Scotland in the …
Challenging the Leadership
According to A. O. Hirschman, party members who are dissatisfied with their party's policy have two options: they can either leave the party (exit) or try to change party policy (voice). Research has shown that leadership control over policy is extremely high, leaving membership influence virtually non‐existent. On that basis, exit seems the only viable membership reaction to dissatisfaction with party policy. Nevertheless, research has also show…
Rebellion by the Seaside
This article argues that the raucous reputation of the Labour Party's annual conference, which led to a major restructuring of the event in 1997, has been partly driven by the impact that the single member plurality (SMP) electoral system has had on the party's organisation. The article compares Labour's experience of working under SMP with that of the Danish Social Democrats under list PR. It argues that SMP has created a significant internal op…
Challenging the Leadership
According to A. O. Hirschman, party members who are dissatisfied with their party's policy have two options: they can either leave the party (exit) or try to change party policy (voice). Research has shown that leadership control over policy is extremely high, leaving membership influence virtually non‐existent. On that basis, exit seems the only viable membership reaction to dissatisfaction with party policy. Nevertheless, research has also show…
Exploring Variations in Intra-party Democracy
When it comes to the prospects for intra-party democracy, the view of the academic literature and many practitioners is generally very bleak. Intra-party democracy is either declining or was never there in the first place. This article will argue that this is not an accurate reflection of what is going on in political parties. Rather than being in either universal long-term decline or permanently and unavoidably absent, intra-party democracy vari…
The ‘how’ of election manifestos in the British Labour Party
The organizational history of the British Labour Party is to a significant degree the story of an ongoing struggle over the ‘how’ of election manifestos, a struggle, partly driven by a broad-based agreement over the ‘why’ of manifestos. This is a struggle between a ‘parliamentary independence’ wing and a ‘grass-roots control’ wing. Because the manifesto is seen as a programme for government action, this also means that the answer to the how takes…
Mobilising volunteer activists in political parties
The role of volunteer activists in the success of election campaigning has undergone somewhat of a renaissance in the last decade or so. It is now becoming increasingly evident that having a strong volunteer activist base is central to winning elections, especially when the campaign is a close run affair. This then raises the important question of how to raise the volunteer armies necessary for such work. Indeed, there is a reasonably long standi…
Rebellion by the Seaside
This article argues that the raucous reputation of the Labour Party's annual conference, which led to a major restructuring of the event in 1997, has been partly driven by the impact that the single member plurality (SMP) electoral system has had on the party's organisation. The article compares Labour's experience of working under SMP with that of the Danish Social Democrats under list PR. It argues that SMP has created a significant internal op…
Me, myself and I
Electoral Reform, ‘New Politics’ and Intra‐party Democracy in Post‐devolution Scotland
This article examines whether devolution has generated the potential for a more participatory democracy in Scotland through greater membership influence on party policy. It is argued that consensus democracies make it easier for parties to generate intra‐party democracy than majoritarian style democracies. The article looks at how much devolution, and especially the use of the mixed member proportional electoral system has pushed Scotland in the …
Rebellion by the Seaside
This article argues that the raucous reputation of the Labour Party's annual conference, which led to a major restructuring of the event in 1997, has been partly driven by the impact that the single member plurality (SMP) electoral system has had on the party's organisation. The article compares Labour's experience of working under SMP with that of the Danish Social Democrats under list PR. It argues that SMP has created a significant internal op…
Challenging the Leadership
According to A. O. Hirschman, party members who are dissatisfied with their party's policy have two options: they can either leave the party (exit) or try to change party policy (voice). Research has shown that leadership control over policy is extremely high, leaving membership influence virtually non‐existent. On that basis, exit seems the only viable membership reaction to dissatisfaction with party policy. Nevertheless, research has also show…
Electoral Reform, ‘New Politics’ and Intra‐party Democracy in Post‐devolution Scotland
This article examines whether devolution has generated the potential for a more participatory democracy in Scotland through greater membership influence on party policy. It is argued that consensus democracies make it easier for parties to generate intra‐party democracy than majoritarian style democracies. The article looks at how much devolution, and especially the use of the mixed member proportional electoral system has pushed Scotland in the …
Exploring Variations in Intra-party Democracy
When it comes to the prospects for intra-party democracy, the view of the academic literature and many practitioners is generally very bleak. Intra-party democracy is either declining or was never there in the first place. This article will argue that this is not an accurate reflection of what is going on in political parties. Rather than being in either universal long-term decline or permanently and unavoidably absent, intra-party democracy vari…
Me, myself and I
Mobilising volunteer activists in political parties
The role of volunteer activists in the success of election campaigning has undergone somewhat of a renaissance in the last decade or so. It is now becoming increasingly evident that having a strong volunteer activist base is central to winning elections, especially when the campaign is a close run affair. This then raises the important question of how to raise the volunteer armies necessary for such work. Indeed, there is a reasonably long standi…
Benjamin von dem Berge, Thomas Poguntke, Peter Obert and Diana Tipei, Measuring Intra-Party Democracy
The ‘how’ of election manifestos in the British Labour Party
The organizational history of the British Labour Party is to a significant degree the story of an ongoing struggle over the ‘how’ of election manifestos, a struggle, partly driven by a broad-based agreement over the ‘why’ of manifestos. This is a struggle between a ‘parliamentary independence’ wing and a ‘grass-roots control’ wing. Because the manifesto is seen as a programme for government action, this also means that the answer to the how takes…
Law (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Politics (7 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (6 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Populism, Right-Wing Movements (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works)