Political parties and their members in Lithuania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11264385 |
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| Authors | Alison F Smith (0000-0001-8889-7091, University of Oxford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 51-68 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Baltic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-9778 • E-ISSN: 1751-7877 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01629778.2019.1703018 |
| OpenAlex | W2996406860 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 18 |
Previous research expected political parties in post-communist democracies to avoid the ‘time consuming and arduous’ process of building and maintaining membership bases. By 2007, however, 5.2% of the Lithuanian public were members of a political party (Eurequal). This research uses surveys and interviews to investigate the functions of party members in two Lithuanian political parties, Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats and the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party. This article explores elites’ incentives for developing their parties as membership organizations. Members were valued for offering ‘legitimacy benefits’ and helping parties to communicate with voters, including by acting as ‘ambassadors in the community.’
Communism · Democracy · Democratic legitimacy · Economics · Homeland · Incentive · Legitimacy · Lithuanian · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration
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| Highly cited | No |
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