Political Parties and Power
A New Framework for Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6345904 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Danny Rye (0000-0002-8916-9608, Birkbeck College, University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1052-1069 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3217 • E-ISSN: 1467-9248 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9248.12143 |
| OpenAlex | W1872165369 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 29 |
Political parties are both vehicles for the pursuit of power and specific sites in which it is produced, organised, fought over, captured and lost. However, the literature on parties has not kept up with theoretical developments and largely lacks an explicit, systematic theorisation of power. To address this, a framework of power is proposed in this article that introduces some of the more nuanced and sophisticated insights of political theory to the analysis of parties without dismissing the benefits of more established approaches. Power is approached as a rich, multilayered concept, derived from diverse intellectual traditions. The framework acts as a heuristic which encapsulates individual agency, the strategic mobilisation of rules and norms, rationalisation and bureaucracy, the constitution of agents and the micro-level discipline of bodies. This provides a more satisfying framework for analysing power in parties than has previously been offered
Agency (philosophy · Bureaucracy · Constitution · Economics · Epistemology · Heuristic · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Power (physics · Rationalisation · Social science · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Public Administration · Social Media and Politics
Politik in der digitalen Gesellschaft
The Meaning of Partisanship
Virtues/Vices-Centered Perspective Meets Placebo Legislation
The concept of power in the analysis of organisations with social and political goals
Alternative organization and neo-normative control
Power in and of evaluation
Portrayal of power in manifestos
A machine masquerading as a movement
Power
Discipline and Punish
Power and poverty
Political Parties in Western Democracies
Rational Choice and Political Power
Going, going, . . . gone? The decline of party membership in contemporary Europe
The Transformation of the Western European Party Systems
Outline of a Theory of Practice
Frameworks of Power
Perspectives on power
Rethinking the four dimensions of power
Political parties
Part 2
The constitution of society
The Failings of Political Parties
Steven Lukes on the Concept of Power
The Electoral Impact of Constituency Campaigning in Britain, 1992–2001
Rethinking the Modern Prince
British Party Members
Part 1
Discipline and Punish
Changing Models of Party Organization and Party Democracy
The concept of power
Reflections on Seven Ways of Creating Power
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,73 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |