Definitions and Measures of Party Institutionalization in New Personal Politics: The Case of the 5 Star Movement
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In: Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft, Vol. 13, No. 2, 01.06.2019, p. 225-247.
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T1 - Definitions and Measures of Party Institutionalization in New Personal Politics
T2 - The Case of the 5 Star Movement
AU - Musella, Fortunato
AU - Vercesi, Michelangelo
PY - 2019/6/1
Y1 - 2019/6/1
N2 - The emergence of personalized party organizations has called for a redefinition of the concept of party institutionalization (PI). This article brings different strands of literature together and proposes a new multidimensional index of PI. PI is conceived of as the interplay of objective and internal party features with the external environment. The viability of the index is tested through its application to a prominent case of personal party, the Italian Five Star Movement (5SM). Through a detailed analysis of its history, we show that the 5SM has become more institutionalized over time; however, this has especially affected its external facet, while other specific party traits have been less involved. Findings suggest that the stabilization of internal structures to connect party echelon and rank-and-file remains a challenge.
AB - The emergence of personalized party organizations has called for a redefinition of the concept of party institutionalization (PI). This article brings different strands of literature together and proposes a new multidimensional index of PI. PI is conceived of as the interplay of objective and internal party features with the external environment. The viability of the index is tested through its application to a prominent case of personal party, the Italian Five Star Movement (5SM). Through a detailed analysis of its history, we show that the 5SM has become more institutionalized over time; however, this has especially affected its external facet, while other specific party traits have been less involved. Findings suggest that the stabilization of internal structures to connect party echelon and rank-and-file remains a challenge.
KW - Politics
KW - party institutionalisation
KW - Personal parties
KW - Political personalization
KW - Five Star Movement
KW - Italy
KW - Measurement
KW - Multidimensional index
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85067819889&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s12286-019-00422-8
DO - 10.1007/s12286-019-00422-8
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 13
SP - 225
EP - 247
JO - Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
JF - Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
SN - 1865-2646
IS - 2
ER -