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Title: District-level explanations for supporter involvement in political parties
Authors: Fisher, J
Cutts, D
Fieldhouse, E
Rottweiler, B
Keywords: campaign activity,;explanations for activism,;political parties;supporters (non-members)
Issue Date: 2017
Citation: Party Politics, 2017, pp. 135406881769917 - 135406881769917
Abstract: Traditional analyses of grass roots involvement in political parties have focussed almost exclusively on formal members. However, recent analyses across a range of democracies have shown that non-members (supporters) are playing important roles within political parties, including election campaigning, candidate and leader selection, online policy deliberations and even policy formation. The growing literature on this topic suggests that the involvement of supporters may be a function of party structure and availability of online recruitment. Using new data collected at the 2015 British general election, this article extends the examination of supporter involvement but challenges these assumptions. It shows that supporter activity is better explained by responses to electoral factors and that the focus on online recruitment seriously underplays the enduring importance of human contact.
URI: http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/15222
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354068817699171
https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1354068817699171
ISSN: 1354-0688
1460-3683
Appears in Collections:Dept of Social and Political Sciences Research Papers

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