Partimedlemmernes deltagelse og syn på partidemokrati 2000-2012

Abstract

English abstract: Parties' use of new information and communication technologies has increased; party organizations, campaigns and member management have become professionalized; parties have opened up new opportunities for participation, and the distinction between members and supporters have been blurred. Thus, the conditions for party membership changed. The question is whether party members’ attempt to exert influence in the political parties, and thus their contribution to policy coordination, as well as their perception of party democracy, have changed. Based on two surveys among Danish party members from 2000 and 2012, it is shown that both members with party internal office and new members increasingly seek influence within the parties in 2012 compared to 2000, and that the dissatisfaction with party democracy has increased significantly for members with party internal office, while new party members in 2012 are more satisfied with party democracy than new members were in 2000.