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This book provides new and innovative insights in the area of party membership research to analyse the evolution of membership organizations in political parties from under-investigated countries.
List of contents
1. Party Membership and its Conceptualization in Democratizing European Countries: An Introduction [Sergiu Gherghina, Alexandra Iancu and Sorina Soare] 2. Incentives and Practices of Mass-Party Membership in Albania [Anjeza Xhaferaj] 3. Stable and State Subsidized Party Membership in Bosnia and Herzegovina [Jasmin Hasić and Mahir Sijamija] 4. Weak Membership and Personal Networks in Georgia [Nanuli Silagadze] 5. Membership Recruitment and Propaganda in Macedonia [Dane Taleski, Viktor Dimovski and Muhamed Halili] 6. Volatile and Election-based Party Membership in the Republic of Moldova [Igor Bucataru and Valeriu Mosneaga] 7. Oligarchic Party Structures and Membership in Montenegro [Zlatko Vujović] 8. Strong Leaders, Passive Members, and State-Dependency in Serbia [Dušan Spasojević and Zoran Stojiljković] 9. The Hidden Game of Party Membership in Ukraine [Agnieszka K. Cianciara and Kamila Zacharuk]
About the author
Sergiu Gherghina is a Lecturer in Comparative Politics at Department of Politics, University of Glasgow, UK.
Alexandra Iancu is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Bucharest, Romania.
Sorina Soare is a Lecturer of Comparative Politics at the University of Florence, Italy.
Summary
This book provides new and innovative insights in the area of party membership research to analyse the evolution of membership organizations in political parties from under-investigated countries.
