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Party Organization and Communication in Poland

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Introduces an innovative interdisciplinary framework to study organizational structures and communication strategies of political parties

  • Based on large empirical data set, including questionnaires and in-depth interviews with representatives of main political parties, as well as voter surveys and a survey of party administration

  • Engages with and contributes to the growing literature on democratic consolidation and Central and Eastern European politics

Part of the book series: Political Campaigning and Communication (PCC)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
  2. Theoretical and Methodological Framework

    • Michał Jacuński, Barbara Brodzińska-Mirowska, Anna Pacześniak, Maria Wincławska
    Pages 1-32
  3. Democracy in Poland: The Post-communist Regime and Its Performance

    • Michał Jacuński, Barbara Brodzińska-Mirowska, Anna Pacześniak, Maria Wincławska
    Pages 33-59
  4. The Emergence of the Party System in Poland—From Instability to Permanent Rivalry Patterns

    • Michał Jacuński, Barbara Brodzińska-Mirowska, Anna Pacześniak, Maria Wincławska
    Pages 61-95
  5. Changing Communication Environment

    • Michał Jacuński, Barbara Brodzińska-Mirowska, Anna Pacześniak, Maria Wincławska
    Pages 97-130
  6. Are Political Party Structures Still Important?

    • Michał Jacuński, Barbara Brodzińska-Mirowska, Anna Pacześniak, Maria Wincławska
    Pages 131-158
  7. Political Party Membership Features

    • Michał Jacuński, Barbara Brodzińska-Mirowska, Anna Pacześniak, Maria Wincławska
    Pages 159-184
  8. Political Parties and Their Relations with the Media

    • Michał Jacuński, Barbara Brodzińska-Mirowska, Anna Pacześniak, Maria Wincławska
    Pages 185-211
  9. Parties and Citizens Relations: Connecting or Disconnecting?

    • Michał Jacuński, Barbara Brodzińska-Mirowska, Anna Pacześniak, Maria Wincławska
    Pages 213-246
  10. Conclusion: Party Democracy in Poland and Its Future

    • Michał Jacuński, Barbara Brodzińska-Mirowska, Anna Pacześniak, Maria Wincławska
    Pages 247-257
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 259-269

About this book

This book provides a new analytical perspective on the strategies, membership and communication management of political parties in Poland. The authors address why some political parties have managed to strengthen and survive while others have failed to do the same. The research was carried out in the years 2016–2018, when Poland started to be seen more and more as a weakening democracy.

As an in-depth, empirically grounded single-country study of party structure and communication, the book gives an opportunity to draw broader conclusions about the process of party development in the Central and Eastern Europe region three decades since the beginning of democratic transition.


Keywords

  • political communication
  • political party structures
  • Central and Eastern European politics
  • democracy
  • party communication models
  • political participation

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Political Science, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland

    Michał Jacuński

  • Department of Communication, Media and Journalism, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland

    Barbara Brodzińska-Mirowska

  • Department of European Studies, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland

    Anna Pacześniak

  • Faculty of Political Science and Security Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland

    Maria Wincławska

About the authors

Michał Jacuński is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Wrocław, Poland. In his academic activity, he focuses on party politics, digital political communication, web campaigning and social media influence. He is one of the founders and guest editor of the Central European Journal of Communication.

Barbara Brodzińska-Mirowska is Assistant Professor at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland. She is the author of articles on permanent communication, the professionalization of political communication and new media. Her scientific interests focus on political communication, political public relations, inter-electoral communication and mediatization of politics.

Anna Pacześniak is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Wrocław, Poland. She is the author of over 100 scientific articles and chapters on the organization and internal life of parties, the EU’s political system and the role of women in politics. Her research interests include the Europeanization of political parties and electoral defeats.

Maria Wincławska is Assistant Professor at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland. Her research concentrates on the organization and activities of political parties and on the party members in democratic states, mainly in Poland and English-speaking democracies.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Party Organization and Communication in Poland

  • Authors: Michał Jacuński, Barbara Brodzińska-Mirowska, Anna Pacześniak, Maria Wincławska

  • Series Title: Political Campaigning and Communication

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59993-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-59992-8Published: 28 January 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-59995-9Published: 28 January 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-59993-5Published: 27 January 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2662-589X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-5903

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 269

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: European Politics, Political Communication

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Softcover Book USD 129.99
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Hardcover Book USD 129.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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