Partizipation in politischen Parteien

Rohrbach, Katharina

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“…Seyd and Whiteley already showed this in their pioneer study: "one of the most interesting findings is that one of the strongest motives for activism is political ambition, or a desire to build a career in politics at the local or national levels" (Seyd and Whiteley 1992, p. 8). Later membership studies, which explicitly referred to the General Incentives Model, were able to replicate this finding consistently (Gallagher and Marsh 2002;Heinrich et al 2002;Klein 2006;Rohrbach 2013;Seyd and Whiteley 1992;Spier 2011;Whiteley et al 1994Whiteley et al , 2006Whiteley and Seyd 2002, p. 86).…”

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“…The results of those party membership studies that explicitly refer to the General Incentives Model show broad agreement with this. It applies regardless of whether simple frequency distributions of membership motives reported in membership surveys are analyzed (Bale et al 2019;Bennie 2004;Heinrich et al 2002;Klein 2006;Laux 2011;Rohrbach 2013;Seyd and Whiteley 1992;Whiteley et al 1994Whiteley et al , 2006 or multivariate statistical analyses based on population surveys are estimated (Hoffmann 2011;Klein 2006;Rohrbach 2013).…”

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The Change of Motives to Become and to be a Party Member. An Empirical Analysis of the German Party Membership Studies 1998, 2009 and 2017

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In this paper, the thesis is put forward that selective outcome incentives for party membership gain relevance over time. Two possible mechanisms are identified as the cause of this increase in importance: a supply-side mechanism based on processes of societal change that took place through generational succession and a demand-side mechanism focusing on shifts in the self-image and organizational structure of political parties. The supply-side mechanism should lead to changes in the motives of potential members, whereas the demand-side mechanism alters the incentives potential and current members are exposed to.The empirical analyses are based on the German Party Membership Studies of 1998, 2009 and 2017. These three studies are nationwide representative surveys of the members of the following six parties: Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Christian Social Union (CSU), Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), Free Democratic Party (FDP), Alliance90/The Greens (Bündnis90/Die Grünen), and The Left (Die Linke). Within the German Party Membership Studies, both the motives for joining the party and the current membership motives are surveyed.Empirically, it is shown that there is indeed an increase in the importance of selective outcome membership motives over the period under study. The mechanisms behind this increase in importance are investigated using multivariate Age-Period-Cohort (APC) models based on the cumulated data of the German Party Membership Studies. These analyses are based on a total of nearly 30,000 cases. The results of the APC analyses are largely consistent with the supply-side explanation of the increased importance of selective outcome motives for party entry and membership. The demand-side explanation is only partially confirmed.

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The Change of Motives to Become and to be a Party Member. An Empirical Analysis of the German Party Membership Studies 1998, 2009 and 2017

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“…We already elaborated on the correlation between SES and political efficacy and it has been repeatedly stated that party members indeed exhibit increased internal and external efficacy (see e.g. Rohrbach, 2013;Whiteley et al, 2006, p. 85).…”

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“…In contrast to this, using the telephone survey of the German Party Membership Study 2009, Rohrbach (2011 does not find any effects of the educational level or the self-assigned social status. Only the generally higher occupational prestige of current party members is in line with the expected social distortion (Rohrbach, 2013). Nonnenmacher and Rohrbach (2019) apply the same data but do not consider the occupational prestige and, more importantly, reduce the sample to members who are discontent with the party as well as former members who left because of discontentment.…”

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Getting in, moving up, dropping out. The threefold social selectivity of participation in political parties – an empirical analysis of party members, former party members and the general public in Germany in 2017

Springer

Klein

Lüdecke

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European Politics and Society

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Does the probability to join a political party, to become a party functionary, and to leave a party depend on individuals' socioeconomic status? Political parties are central mediating actors between the population and the state; thus, it is reasonable to assume that unequal participation within parties fosters unequal political representation. However, due to data limitations no study has hitherto examined the social selectivity of the whole party membership cycle. We shed light on these issues by analyzing original data from the German Party Membership Study 2017. We find that socially disadvantaged individuals are less likely to become and to stay party members and have a lower proclivity for holding political offices. These effects persist even after controlling for socialpsychological variables and the general incentives for party membership. However, in line with recent findings on voter turnout we show that social selectivity is partly mediated by political efficacy.

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Der Gang in den Schatten der Macht

Bartels

Springer

2021

Polit Vierteljahresschr

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ZusammenfassungEin erheblicher Anteil der Parteimitglieder in Deutschland entfällt auf Klein(st)parteien. So stellt die Gruppe der Klein(st)parteien summiert die drittmeisten Parteimitglieder in Deutschland. In Anbetracht einer wachsenden Anzahl und eines zunehmenden Stimmenanteils von Klein(st)parteien ist von einer steigenden Relevanz ihrer Mitgliedschaft auszugehen. Über diese große Gruppe ist, trotz vieler Untersuchungen von Parteimitgliedern im Allgemeinen, bisher sehr wenig bekannt. Dieser Beitrag ermittelt mit Schwerpunkt auf dem General-Incentives-Modell die Motivationen für den „Gang in den Schatten der Macht“. Mittels Rückgriff auf Daten der Deutschen Parteimitgliederstudie 2009 wird gezeigt, dass die Mitgliedschaft in einer Klein(st)partei vor allem durch die Unzufriedenheit mit politischen Akteuren und dem System insgesamt sowie aus ideologischer Motivation gespeist wird. Klein(st)parteimitglieder sind ferner aktiver in ihrer Partei, verknüpfen mit ihrer Mitgliedschaft eher die Übernahme von Parteiämtern und ziehen eine größere Befriedigung aus ihrer Mitgliedschaft.

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Partizipation in politischen Parteien

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The Change of Motives to Become and to be a Party Member. An Empirical Analysis of the German Party Membership Studies 1998, 2009 and 2017

The Change of Motives to Become and to be a Party Member. An Empirical Analysis of the German Party Membership Studies 1998, 2009 and 2017

Getting in, moving up, dropping out. The threefold social selectivity of participation in political parties – an empirical analysis of party members, former party members and the general public in Germany in 2017

Der Gang in den Schatten der Macht

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