An internalist perspective on party consolidation and the Bulgarian Union of Democratic Forces
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6258367 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J C Sharman (0000-0002-7727-1496, The University of Sydney), Robert L Phillips (0000-0002-1591-5145, American University in Bulgaria), Robert Phillips (0000-0001-6308-5054) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 397-420 |
| Publication date | 2004-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Political Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0304-4130 • E-ISSN: 1475-6765 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1475-6765.2004.00159.x |
| OpenAlex | W2083925910 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 41 |
Scholars have traditionally held political parties to be indispensable to democracy, and recent studies of democratic consolidation have reaffirmed their importance. Yet analysis of the development of political parties in Eastern Europe and elsewhere has tended to understate the role of internal, organizational factors at the expense of external factors, such as the selection effect of electoral markets and presence of societal cleavages. We argue that creating effective governance and bargaining mechanisms inside party organizations are more important for institutionalizing parties than external pressures. We draw support for this thesis from an analysis of the Bulgarian Union of Democratic Forces, which after a series of internal splits and subsequent rounds of restructuring, moved from a loose umbrella formation toward an institutionalized party
Bulgarian · Consolidation (business · Corporate governance · Democracy · Democratic consolidation · Democratization · Economic system · Economics · Management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Restructuring · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Accounting
Political Order in Changing Societies
Parties and party systems
The Transformation of European Social Democracy
Making Votes Count
Politician’s Dilemma
Building democratic institutions
Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance
Strategic Choice and International Relations
Party Structure and Organization in East-Central Europe
Stabilising Fragile Democracies
Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation
Post-Communist Party Systems
The Adaptation of Ex-Communist Parties to Post-Communist East Central Europe
The Breakup of Czechoslovakia
Party Politics in the Baltic States
Party Formation Process and the 1998 Elections in Hungary
Germany's Party of Democratic Socialism in Comparative Perspective
Party Formation and Party System Consolidation in the New Democracies of Central Europe
Partial Consolidation of the East-Central European Parties
Communist Parties in Transition
Electoral Systems and the Number of Parties in Postcommunist States
Winners Take All
Performance, leadership, factions and party change
Who Survives? Party Origins, Organizational Development, and Electoral Performance in Post-Communist Russia
Effects of Party Organization on Performance during the ‘Golden Age’ of Parties
The Structuring of Political Cleavages in Post-Communist Societies
Formation of Party Cleavages in Post-Communist Democracies
Historical Cleavages or Transition Mode
Party Institutionalization in New Democracies
Defeat and Success as Promoters of Party Change
On the Internal Balance of Party Power
Electoral Effects on Party Behavior and Development
Institutionalization and Peronism
Sickles into roses
Beyond Transitions
The Sickle or the Rose
Political Parties
Conceptual "Stretching" Revisited
Nominal, Ordinal, and Narrative Appraisal in Macrocausal Analysis
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| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2006 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |