Add to ORKGPolitical parties are essential linkage mechanisms between citizens and the political system. We know less, however, about the question how this mechanism actually operates. While some authors assume it is sufficient that parties offer citizens various ideological options about the way society should be governed, others indicate that parties can offer strong ties to the political system mainly by offering stable identities like party membership. In this analysis of the European Social Survey cumulative file (five waves, 2002-2010), we investigate the relation between party membership, closeness to a political party and trust in political institutions. While party membership is declining, its relation with political trust is limited. We do n...
On election day, voters’ commitment is crucial for political parties, but between elections members ...
This article investigates how parties can influence the level of political sophistication their supp...
Political trust is a vital resource in representative democracies. It helps citizens to forsake a de...
Political parties are essential linkage mechanisms between citizens and the political system. We kno...
In some of the literature, it is suggested that the decline of party membership in liberal democraci...
Recent research has established an extensive and persistent decline of party members throughout Euro...
In recent decades, parties in many parliamentary democracies have radically reshaped what it means t...
Previous studies have investigated to what extent voters can achieve proximity between their prefere...
In the literature, two competing claims can be found on the relationship between political trust and...
Party membership seems to lose relevance for political careers in many established democracies. Incr...
In building the parliamentary democracy, parties as membership organizations are crucial in exercisi...
Is party membership still an important part of European political systems? Ingrid van Biezen outline...
This chapter investigates whether variations in party affiliation rules have political consequences,...
Trust in elected representatives and the political institutions within which they operate is often e...
Political representation is one of the primary areas of academic debate, from both theoretical and e...
On election day, voters’ commitment is crucial for political parties, but between elections members ...
This article investigates how parties can influence the level of political sophistication their supp...
Political trust is a vital resource in representative democracies. It helps citizens to forsake a de...
Political parties are essential linkage mechanisms between citizens and the political system. We kno...
In some of the literature, it is suggested that the decline of party membership in liberal democraci...
Recent research has established an extensive and persistent decline of party members throughout Euro...
In recent decades, parties in many parliamentary democracies have radically reshaped what it means t...
Previous studies have investigated to what extent voters can achieve proximity between their prefere...
In the literature, two competing claims can be found on the relationship between political trust and...
Party membership seems to lose relevance for political careers in many established democracies. Incr...
In building the parliamentary democracy, parties as membership organizations are crucial in exercisi...
Is party membership still an important part of European political systems? Ingrid van Biezen outline...
This chapter investigates whether variations in party affiliation rules have political consequences,...
Trust in elected representatives and the political institutions within which they operate is often e...
Political representation is one of the primary areas of academic debate, from both theoretical and e...
On election day, voters’ commitment is crucial for political parties, but between elections members ...
This article investigates how parties can influence the level of political sophistication their supp...
Political trust is a vital resource in representative democracies. It helps citizens to forsake a de...