Parties and their members: organizing for victory in Britain and Germany

An investigation into changing relations between parties and their members in four major British and German political parties. By calling attention to the benefits members can provide for parties even in a mass-media age, this account helps to explain why some party leaders have been willing to back recent expansions of intra-party democracy

An investigation into changing relations between parties and their members in four major British and German political parties. By calling attention to the benefits members can provide for parties even in a mass-media age, this account helps to explain why some party leaders have been willing to back recent expansions of intra-party democracy.

This book investigates changing relations between parties and their members in four major British and German political parties. By calling attention to the varied benefits members can provide for parties even in a mass-media age, this account helps to explain why some party leaders have been willing to back recent expansions of intra-party democracy.