Structuring Intra-Party Politics: A Mixed-Method Study of Ideological and Hierarchical Factions in Parties

IF 4.2 1区 社会学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE Comparative Political Studies Pub Date : 2023-08-10 DOI:10.1177/00104140231194067
Ann-Kristin Kölln, Jonathan Polk
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Scholars acknowledge the existence of intra-party divisions and the potentially negative electoral effects of disunity. Some assume that intra-party divides are between professional politicians and grassroots members, others highlight the importance of ideological blocs. Yet, precisely mapping factional structures, especially ideological factions, is difficult because of the “black box of intra-party politics.” Based on theories of party change and spatial competition, we argue for the existence of two distinct ideological factional dimensions that may differ from hierarchical factions. We test our expectations by triangulating evidence from three unique datasets from Sweden: a survey of party members, a media content analysis, and interviews with politicians. Our mixed-methods approach allows identifying the number, structure, content, sizes, and ideological positions of factions. The results show substantial variation in all aspects and that hierarchical and ideological factions rarely coincide. These findings have important theoretical, conceptual, and methodological implications for comparative politics.
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构建党内政治:政党中意识形态和等级派系的混合方法研究
学者们承认党内分歧的存在以及不团结对选举的潜在负面影响。一些人认为党内分歧存在于职业政客和基层成员之间,另一些人则强调了意识形态集团的重要性。然而,由于“党内政治的黑匣子”,精确绘制派系结构,尤其是意识形态派系,是很困难的。基于政党变化和空间竞争的理论,我们认为存在两个不同于等级派系的意识形态派系维度。我们通过对来自瑞典的三个独特数据集的证据进行三角分析来测试我们的预期:对党员的调查、媒体内容分析和对政客的采访。我们的混合方法可以识别派系的数量、结构、内容、规模和意识形态立场。结果显示,各方面的差异很大,等级和意识形态派系很少重合。这些发现对比较政治具有重要的理论、概念和方法意义。
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Comparative Political Studies
Comparative Political Studies POLITICAL SCIENCE-
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期刊介绍: Comparative Political Studies is a journal of social and political science which publishes scholarly work on comparative politics at both the cross-national and intra-national levels. We are particularly interested in articles which have an innovative theoretical argument and are based on sound and original empirical research. We also encourage submissions about comparative methodology, particularly when methodological arguments are closely linked with substantive issues in the field.
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