Non-Member Participation in Political Parties
A Framework for Analysis and Selected Empirical Examples from Scandinavia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6379082 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hilmar Mjelde (0000-0001-8084-0875, corresponding author), Hilmar L Mjelde |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 299-310 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Representation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-4893 • E-ISSN: 1749-4001 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00344893.2015.1090474 |
| OpenAlex | W2215248832 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 47 |
Non-member participants have become an increasingly important resource that helps modern parties sustain a representational bond between citizens and the state. However, the emerging literature on non-member participation still lacks a theoretical–analytical framework for the analysis of non-member participation that allows for both the study of individual parties and comparative studies of non-member participation. Only with such a framework at hand to measure the actual extent of non-member participation may we begin to gauge fully the potential of non-members to aid parties in sustaining a representational bond between citizens and the state. This article therefore develops a theoretically informed framework for assessing parties' permission of non-member participation that comprises five categories: No, Basic, Midrange, Full participation and finally Full membership, which denotes the threshold where non-members effectively become members. While systematic empirical analysis is beyond the scope of the article, evidence from seven Scandinavian parties exemplifies the framework's applicability
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| Citations per year | 0.44 |
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| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |