Book contents
- Organizing Against Democracy
- Organizing Against Democracy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Extremist Right-Wing Parties in Europe
- Chapter 3 The Organizational Development of Extremist Right-Wing Parties
- Chapter 4 The Organizational Development of the Golden Dawn
- Chapter 5 Variation in Local Organizational Development
- Chapter 6 Endogenous Drivers of Local Organizational Development
- Chapter 7 Electoral Drivers of Local Organizational Development
- Chapter 8 The State and Local Organizational Development
- Chapter 9 Societal Responses and Local Organizational Development
- Chapter 10 The Local Development of Extremist Right-Wing Parties in Germany and Slovakia
- Chapter 11 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 5 - Variation in Local Organizational Development
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 January 2020
- Organizing Against Democracy
- Organizing Against Democracy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Extremist Right-Wing Parties in Europe
- Chapter 3 The Organizational Development of Extremist Right-Wing Parties
- Chapter 4 The Organizational Development of the Golden Dawn
- Chapter 5 Variation in Local Organizational Development
- Chapter 6 Endogenous Drivers of Local Organizational Development
- Chapter 7 Electoral Drivers of Local Organizational Development
- Chapter 8 The State and Local Organizational Development
- Chapter 9 Societal Responses and Local Organizational Development
- Chapter 10 The Local Development of Extremist Right-Wing Parties in Germany and Slovakia
- Chapter 11 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The local organizational life of political parties displays notable variation that merits systematic examination. The purpose of this chapter is to document the divergent trajectories of subnational organizational units, providing the basis for the subsequent analysis of developmental variation. The first section analyzes the basic characteristics of all local party organizations the Golden Dawn (GD) set up, laying the groundwork for the subsequent analysis of variation in their organizational evolution. The second section provides insights into local organizational life by analyzing the range of activities they have undertaken over a period of twenty-three years. The third section uses these data to show the distinct trajectories of the various local units of the GD and analyze variation in organizational outcomes. It first presents evidence regarding the degree of continuity these local structures display bringing to the surface cases of organizational persistence and fatality. It then delves deeper into the organizational life of local party branches and presents data regarding their activism.
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- Organizing Against DemocracyThe Local Organizational Development of Far Right Parties in Greece and Europe, pp. 78 - 93Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020