Die Professionalisierung von Wahlkämpfen auf der Landesebene: Eine erweiterte Shopping-These

Schlipphak, Bernd; Garbe, Sophie

doi:10.1007/978-3-658-20656-7_10

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“…In addition, although not a direct test of the party-centered theory, we should mention the series of studies conducted by Bernd Schlipphak and colleagues in Germany in the context of local elections in the German Länder. Their results showed that a party's resources and a centralized campaign coordination were related to professional aspects of campaigns (Schlipphak, 2018). All these studies present themselves as at least partly successful in demonstrating the strength of the party-centered theory; yet, the differences in their findings also indicate evident weak points.…”

Section: The Party-centered Theorymentioning

confidence: 96%

“…As previously stated, this study uses the measurement of campaign professionalism developed by Tenscher (2007) and applied in a series of subsequent studies (Moring et al, 2011;Schlipphak, 2018;Tenscher, 2013;Mykkänen, 2013, 2014;Tenscher et al, 2012). We use the data from these previous studies as far as they pertain to European parliamentary elections in Finland and Sweden in combination with data collected from the most recent EP elections in 2019.…”

Section: Measuring Campaign Professionalismmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Ten years after: Is the party-centered theory of campaign professionalization still valid?

2021

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This study tests the explanatory strength of the party-centered theory of electoral campaign professionalism. The theory was previously subject to testing in various types of elections during the first decade of the new millennium, covering Germany, Austria, Sweden, and Finland. Nevertheless, empirical research in this field has been on hold for almost a decade, obstructing the development of the theory during a time when politics and political campaigns have taken new paths. In this article, the theory is revisited, presenting results from a unique time series study covering 48 party campaigns between 2009 and 2019 in three consecutive European parliamentary elections in two multiparty democracies, Sweden and Finland. Our results provide weak support for the party-centered theory of campaign professionalism in the form it was originally operationalized. Only a centralized party organization and a large support base with a catch-all strategy were found to be statistically significant predictors of campaign professionalism.

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Section: The Party-centered Theorymentioning

confidence: 96%