Digital Intra-Party Democracy: An Exploratory Analysis of Podemos and the Labour Party

IF 1.3 3区社会学 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Parliamentary Affairs Pub Date : 2021-06-21 DOI:10.1093/pa/gsab015

Fabio García Lupato, Marco Meloni

引用次数: 5

Abstract

The role of technology is growing in intra-party democracy (IPD) processes. This article presents a proposal for analysing digital IPD, by applying empirical democratic theory dimensions. To test our methodology, we analyse two different types of parties, a new digital one, Pos, and a traditional one undergoing reform, the Labour Party. Our analysis shows, first, that the application of technology is not neutral, with a differential impact depending on the specific democratic dimension considered and, secondly, that—due to convergent developments—new and established parties are closer in their digital IPD than expected. These results point out the relevance, for the ongoing debate on the quality of IPD, of considering the impact of digital on different democratic dimensions and its evolution over time.

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数字党内民主:对Podemos和工党的探索性分析

技术在党内民主(IPD)进程中的作用越来越大。本文提出了运用经验民主理论维度分析数字IPD的建议。为了检验我们的方法，我们分析了两种不同类型的政党，一种是新的数字政党Pos，另一种是正在进行改革的传统政党工党。我们的分析表明，首先，技术的应用不是中立的，根据所考虑的具体民主维度产生不同的影响;其次，由于趋同的发展，新政党和老牌政党的数字IPD比预期的更接近。这些结果指出，对于正在进行的关于IPD质量的辩论来说，考虑数字对不同民主层面的影响及其随时间的演变是相关的。

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Parliamentary Affairs POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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3.00

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8.30%

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期刊介绍： Parliamentary Affairs is an established, peer-reviewed academic quarterly covering all the aspects of government and politics directly or indirectly connected with Parliament and parliamentary systems in Britain and throughout the world. The journal is published in partnership with the Hansard Society. The Society was created to promote parliamentary democracy throughout the world, a theme which is reflected in the pages of Parliamentary Affairs.