The Local Party Branch and the Council Party Group
Who Governs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6223333 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vibeke Wøien Hansen (0000-0003-0960-5463, Institute for Social Research, corresponding author), Hilmar Mjelde (0000-0001-8084-0875, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences), Jo Saglie (0000-0003-0437-2103, Institute for Social Research), Signe Bock Segaard (0000-0003-0010-4910, Institute for Social Research) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 266-286 |
| Publication date | 2025-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Swiss Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1424-7755 • E-ISSN: 1662-6370 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/spsr.12626 |
| OpenAlex | W4402710308 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 35 |
The relationship between the local party branch organisation and local councillors has been left largely unexplored in the party literature. We explore how this relationship varies within the case of Norway – a multi‐party system with large variation in municipal size. Based on a survey of leaders of municipal party branches and local lists, as well as qualitative interviews with branch and list leaders, we analyse the causes of variation regarding two dependent variables: the degree of integration between the party branch and council group and the involvement of party branches in council work. The overall picture is that work in branches and council groups is strongly integrated. However, local branches of left‐of‐centre parties are likely to be more involved in council work and less likely to be fully integrated with their council groups. The left‐of‐centre tradition of giving more power to extra‐parliamentary organisation seems to prevail
Economics · Political economy · Political science · Chemistry · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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Party Models
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Political Parties in Western Democracies
How Parties Organize
Lokaldemokratiets deltakere
Evaluation of Variance Inflation Factors in Regression Models Using Latent Variable Modeling Methods
The Transformation of the Western European Party Systems
The Ascendancy of the Party in Public Office
Inside the Radical Right
Parties in Local Government
Political Parties
The Local Party Organization and Its Members
Politics, Parties, and Pressure Groups
Party Change and Party Membership Decline
Deliberative democracy in contemporary political parties
Local Party System Nationalisation
The political party group
An Integrated Theory of Party Goals and Party Change
A Behavioral Theory of Competitive Political Parties
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |