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- Aylott, Nicholas
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After the Divorce : Social Democrats and Trade Unions in Sweden
- 2003
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In: Party Politics. - : SAGE Publications. - 1354-0688 .- 1460-3683. ; 9:3, s. 369-390
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Well-known theories of party organization and behaviour suggest that the mass parties of Western Europe have evolved into new models, with more powerful and autonomous leaderships and weaker memberships and collateral organizations. However, these theories have not really been tested in in-depth case studies - particularly beyond the national level of the parties. This article examines the mass party par excellence, the Swedish Social Democratic Party and focuses on the party’s traditionally close relationship with the blue-collar trade unions. There is evidence to support the theories of party change, but these organizational developments are patchy at the local level. Moreover, various data deployed in support of the theories may be understating the enduring influence of collateral organizations within parties.
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- Aylott, Nicholas
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Let’s Discuss this Later : Party Responses to Euro-division in Scandinavia
- 2002
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In: Party Politics. - : SAGE Publications. - 1354-0688 .- 1460-3683. ; 8, s. 441-461
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The issue of European integration has disrupted party politics in Denmark, Norway and Sweden in various ways. This article assesses the impact of internal division over Europe within certain parties, and these parties’ responses to it. It is argued that party leaderships have increasingly attempted to compartmentalize the different arenas in which they operate, and to isolate potentially damaging European questions in quarantined areas. This can be observed in, for example, party leaders’ resort to referendums to decide contentious EU-related matters, the suspension of party discipline when such matters are debated and the careful sequencing of different party goals. The experiences of the Scandinavian social democratic parties are examined as comparative cases. Finally, some hypotheses that might inform further research are suggested, and some wider consequences of these strategies of compartmentalization are discussed.
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- Johansson, Karl Magnus
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Party Elites in Multilevel Europe : The Christian Democrats and the Single European Act
- 2002
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In: Party Politics. - : SAGE Publications. - 1354-0688 .- 1460-3683. ; 8:4, s. 423-439
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article addresses the role of party elites in the setting of European multilevel governance and transnationalization. Emphasis is placed on informal networks, elite socialization and policy coordination. The analysis focuses on the 1985 Intergovernmental Conference, which led to the Single European Act (SEA), and the political family of Christian Democrats, most notably party leaders' meetings. The research material consists of interviews and archival sources. It can be shown that the SEA was to a large extent shaped through transnational party elite socialization. Challenging previous analyses, there is sufficient documentary evidence to claim that political parties, or rather party elites, were centrally involved in the making of this historic treaty. Such involvement of elected political representatives could further the democratic legitimacy of the European Union, but reinforces problems of intra-party democracy
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