The Reimagined Party: Democracy, Change and the Public

Author:   Katharine Dommett (Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre)
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
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9781526147523


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   10 June 2020
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Author:   Katharine Dommett (Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre)
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.322kg
ISBN:  

9781526147523


ISBN 10:   1526147521
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   10 June 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Public attitudes towards parties 2 Parties, linkage and representation 3 Parties, linkage and participation 4 Parties, linkage and governance 5 Party conduct 6 What do citizens want and can this be realised? Conclusion Appendix Bibliography -- .

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'What do people want from political parties? By combining quantitative and qualitative research Katharine Dommett provides an authoritative answer to this question. People want parties to be more open, inclusive, responsive and principled. This book presents ideas and recommendations of value to party scholars, party leaders and the informed public. The Reimagined Party will be a classic in the party literature.' Patrick Seyd, Emeritus Professor of Politics, University of Sheffield 'An engaging analysis of the gap between popular perceptions of parties and what they need to do to re-connect with an electorate that hasn't yet completely given up on them. Packed with insights drawn from original research, it sets an agenda which neither we as citizens nor the parties themselves can afford to ignore.' Tim Bale, Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London and co-author of Footsoldiers: Political Party Membership in the 21st Century 'A wonderful, timely and deeply original contribution to the burgeoning new literature on political parties. Asking simply What do citizens make of political parties today? is both strikingly direct and brilliantly illuminating.' Colin Hay, Professor of Political Sciences, Sciences Po, Paris 'Katharine Dommett provides a welcome injection of empirical analysis into debates about the future of political parties. Rejecting both the simplistic ideas that parties are universally unpopular, or that there are easy solutions, Dommett carefully analyses the desires of the public and the plausible responses that parties could make using an imaginative mixed methods approach. Dommett presents an empirically and theoretically informed case for reimagined parties rather than a rejection of party democracy, and at a time when debates about the means by which parties take decisions have been reopened, this book will make a welcome and informed contribution.' Justin Fisher, Professor of Political Science, Brunel University London -- .


‘What do people want from political parties? By combining quantitative and qualitative research Katharine Dommett provides an authoritative answer to this question. People want parties to be more open, inclusive, responsive and principled. This book presents ideas and recommendations of value to party scholars, party leaders and the informed public. The Reimagined Party will be a classic in the party literature.’ Patrick Seyd, Emeritus Professor of Politics, University of Sheffield ‘In an era of citizen discontent with partisan alternatives, this timely and thought-provoking study draws on new public opinion data and a deep knowledge of party practices to suggest ways that British parties could change to deliver the representation that Britons want from their parties.’ Susan E. Scarrow, John and Rebecca Moores Professor, University of Houston ‘An engaging analysis of the gap between popular perceptions of parties and what they need to do to re-connect with an electorate that hasn't yet completely given up on them. Packed with insights drawn from original research, it sets an agenda which neither we as citizens nor the parties themselves can afford to ignore.’ Tim Bale, Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London and co-author of Footsoldiers: Political Party Membership in the 21st Century ‘A wonderful, timely and deeply original contribution to the burgeoning new literature on political parties. Asking simply “What do citizens make of political parties today? is both strikingly direct and brilliantly illuminating.’ Colin Hay, Professor of Political Sciences, Sciences Po, Paris ‘Katharine Dommett provides a welcome injection of empirical analysis into debates about the future of political parties. Rejecting both the simplistic ideas that parties are universally unpopular, or that there are easy solutions, Dommett carefully analyses the desires of the public and the plausible responses that parties could make using an imaginative mixed methods approach. Dommett presents an empirically and theoretically informed case for reimagined parties rather than a rejection of party democracy, and at a time when debates about the means by which parties take decisions have been reopened, this book will make a welcome and informed contribution.’ Justin Fisher, Professor of Political Science, Brunel University London -- .


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Katharine Dommett is a Senior Lecturer in the Public Understanding of Politics at the University of Sheffield

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