The Individual-Level Determinants of Exiting German Parties

Nonnenmacher, Alexandra; Rohrbach, Katharina

doi:10.1080/09644008.2018.1559833

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“…Few panel surveys of party members have been conducted in the past (Bale et al, 2020; Rüdig et al, 1993; Whiteley and Seyd, 2002). Most studies use survey data to compare current members with former members collected at the same time point, that is, after the decision to leave had been made (Nonnenbacher and Rohrbach, 2019; Springer et al, 2021; Van Schuur and Voerman, 2010; Wagner, 2017). However, ‘post-decision dissonance’ (Brehm, 1956; Festinger, 1957) suggests that individuals may adjust their perceptions and beliefs in order to justify previous decisions taken.…”

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“…Previous empirical studies seeking to explain members leaving their party (cf. Bale et al, 2020; Barnfield and Bale, 2020; Kölln and Polk, 2017; Nonnenmacher and Rohrbach, 2019; Springer et al, 2021; Whiteley and Seyd, 2002; Wagner, 2017) combine a focus on the individual characteristics of party members, such as their belief in their ability to have an impact, social and emotional ties between individual members and their party and the degree of ideological (in)congruence between members and party.…”

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Intertwined fates? Members switching between niche and mainstream parties

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Little attention has been paid to the process of members leaving parties in order to support other parties. Party developments in the UK in the 2010's provide an opportunity to analyse the determinants of members to give up their current party and join a rival. We examine this issue using an original panel survey of 2,679 members of the Green Party of England and Wales. Our results show that members who joined the Greens motivated by concern about social justice are more likely to leave and support Labour after Jeremy Corbyn’s election as party leader. Members who joined to protect the environment are less likely to leave. Niche parties can attract members predominantly motivated by issues traditionally represented by a mainstream party but these members are more likely to leave the party again following a position change by the mainstream party.

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“…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. The authors findbesides a slightly increased income for former party membersno differences in the socio-demographic profiles of these subgroups.…”

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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

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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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The Individual-Level Determinants of Exiting German Parties

Cited by 2 publications

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Intertwined fates? Members switching between niche and mainstream parties

Intertwined fates? Members switching between niche and mainstream parties

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

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