Electoral Defeat and Party Change
From Makeover to Retouching
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“This book looks into the subjective black box of electoral defeat and offers important insights for our understanding of when and how parties react to electoral losses.”
—Thomas Poguntke, Chair of Comparative Politics, Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
“Adopting a nuanced framework that combines objective elements of organisational change with subjective accounts of the consequences of defeat from key party actors, this book convincingly shows that it is not just the defeat itself, but how actors’ own beliefs and subjective assessments of that defeat shape the organisational decisions made by parties.”
—Anika Gauja, Professor, University of Sydney, Australia“This book is a must-read for scholars and students who want to understand what electoral defeat is doing to parties and how different degrees of party change can be one of the answers.”
—Kris Deschouwer, Research Professor in the Department of Political Science, VrijeUniversiteit Brussel, Belgium
This book examines the factors determining the character, depth, scope and outcomes of changes made by political parties in the aftermath of electoral losses. It considers not only the objective aspects of party organisation and its features and structure, in explaining post-defeat party change, but also includes findings on the perceptions and interpretations of electoral results within political parties. Based on an extensive fieldwork, the authors propose a new analytical perspective to establish whether and under what conditions and circumstances an electoral defeat leads to a profound party makeover.
Anna Pacześniak is Professor of Political Science at the University of Wrocław, Poland.
Maciej Bachryj-Krzywaźnia is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Wrocław, Poland.
Małgorzata Kaczorowska is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Warsaw, Poland.
This book examines the factors determining the character, depth, scope and outcomes of changes made by political parties in the aftermath of electoral losses. It considers not only the objective aspects of party organisation and its features and structure, in explaining post-defeat party change, but also includes findings on the perceptions and interpretations of electoral results within political parties. Based on an extensive fieldwork, the authors propose a new analytical perspective to establish whether and under what conditions and circumstances an electoral defeat leads to a profound party makeover.
Analyzes how parties function in three different party systems in Poland, Belgium, and the UK Links intra-party changes to the subjective perception of electoral defeat Includes data from 73 political parties in 28 European countries, which experienced electoral defeat
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Anna Pacześniak
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“This important study explores the complex implications of electoral defeat as a central catalyst for party change which can have fundamental consequences for who leads parties, what parties stand for and how they are organized. Comparing— cases from Western and Central Eastern Europe it provides a valuable resource for scholars trying to make sense of how and why parties respond in varied ways to an event that often comes as a considerable shock.” (—Nicole Bolleyer, Chair of Comparative Political Science, Universität Munich, Germany)
“This book focuses on electoral defeat as one of the possible but important shocks that can lead to changes in the party organization, leadership, strategy or programmatic orientation. The authors have been able to shed new light on these complex processes by combining a large N quantitative analysis with in-depth studies of party change in three very different countries. It is a must-read for scholars and students who want to understand what electoral defeat is doing to parties and how different degrees of party change can be one of the answers.” (—Kris Deschouwer, Research Professor in the Department of Political Science, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
“This engaging and well-constructed study explores the impact of electoral defeats on the internal organisation of political parties, their political programmes and those who operate within them. Adopting a nuanced framework that combines objective elements of organisational change with subjective accounts of the consequences of defeat from key party actors, the study convincingly shows that it is not just the defeat itself, but how actors’ own beliefs and subjective assessments of that defeat shape the organisational decisions made by parties.” (—Anika Gauja, Professor, University of Sydney, Australia)
“While it may be true that electoral defeat is the mother of party change, it is (also) a subjective category. The authors show convincingly that the perceptions of key party actors about the magnitude and causes of defeat influence the way parties change. This book looks into the subjective black box of electoral defeat and offers important insights for our understanding of when and how parties react to electoral losses.” (—Thomas Poguntke, Chair of Comparative Politics, Universität Düsseldorf, Germany)
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