Parties and Their Members: Organizing for Victory in Britain and Germany

by Susan E. Scarrow

Overview

Why would parties continue to care about membership enrollment in an age of television campaigning and direct-mail fundraising? To answer this question, Parties and their Members traces organizing strategies employed by British and German membership parties during the past half century. Using careful analysis of historical records and interviews with party officials, the author shows that party organizers have reacted to technological and social developments by modifying their ideas about how members can help parties achieve their goals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191520945
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/21/1996
Series:	Comparative Politics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Susan E. Scarrow teaches political science at the University of Houston. She has been a visiting scholar at Nuffield College, Oxford, at Mannheim University, and at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University.

Table of Contents

List of Figures		x	(1)
List of Tables		xi	(1)
Abbreviations		xii
1. Party Members and Party Organization		1	(26)
2. The Costs and Benefits of Enrolling Members		27	(25)
3. The Development of Membership Parties in Germany and Britain		52	(35)
4. Party Members and Electioneering		87	(26)
5. Party Members and Inter-Election Activities		113	(37)
6. Linking Party Strategies with Organizational Change		150	(24)
7. Membership Support for Political Parties: How Much Has Really Changed?		174	(22)
8. The Changing Nature of Membership Parties		196	(16)
Notes		212	(33)
Bibliography		245	(25)
Index		270

Editorial Reviews

"Scarrow's book is exceptionally well written and clearly presents her arguments and cases, which reflect exhaustive research on the topic. Scholars of political parties everywhere will benefit from the suggestion that we think of how parties use their core supporters within the demands of mass technology elections, not despite them."—The American Academy of Political and Social Science

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