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dc.contributor.authorGauja, A
dc.contributor.authorGrömping, M
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-06T23:47:47Z
dc.date.available2020-08-06T23:47:47Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn1354-0688
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1354068818822251
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/396284
dc.description.abstractAlthough membership is declining, parties continue to perform roles central to democratic governance in modern societies. Given this seeming paradox, we suggest that partisan identification, in complementing studies of formal membership, is a promising way of assessing the strength of parties’ democratic linkage. Using data from an original survey of voters in Australia and the United Kingdom, we analyse the participatory and demographic profiles of party supporters. We show that there are significant differences between supporters and those not committed to any party, as well as between supporters based on the strength of their party identification, substantiating the idea that parties can be conceptualized as a series of concentric circles of increasing engagement but declining representativeness. Stronger supporters are more likely to engage with parties online, volunteer and donate, but are older, more likely to be male and less likely to be foreign-born. Our findings have important implications for democratic practice as parties seek to expand and rejuvenate their networks of affiliates.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSAGE Publications
dc.relation.ispartofjournalParty Politics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchComparative government and politics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4408
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440803
dc.titleThe expanding party universe: Patterns of partisan engagement in Australia and the United Kingdom
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGauja, A; Grömping, M, The expanding party universe: Patterns of partisan engagement in Australia and the United Kingdom, Party Politics, 2019
dc.date.updated2020-08-06T23:46:48Z
gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version.
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorGroemping, Max


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