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Głosy nieważne w wyborach do australijskiej Izby Reprezentantów 2001–2013

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Wincławska M.

Studia Wyborcze

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2016

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vol. XXII

89-104

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W artykule analizie poddaję zjawisko oddawania głosów nieważnych w wyborach do australijskiej Izby Reprezentantów. Dzielę je na głosy oddawane nieintencjonalnie oraz intencjonalnie. Zwracam uwagę na zmieniającą się strukturę i przyczyny oddawania takich głosów oraz zadaję pytanie o to, czy może być to wskaźnikiem apatii, niezadowolenia z zasady przymusu głosowania i działania systemu demokratycznego na antypodach.

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Analysing the spoiled ballots in the Australian House of Representatives’ elections, I divide them into unintentional and intentional spoiled ballots. I draw attention to the structure of the votes and to the causes of spoiling ballots. Are they an expression of apathy, a rejection of the choices on offer, an objection to compulsory voting system or a discontent with Australian democracy?

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Czy współczesne partie potrzebują jeszcze członków? Wnioski z badań empirycznych w polskich partiach politycznych

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Pacześniak A., Wincławska M.

Political Preferences

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2017

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issue 17

7-26

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Research on political party members started on a grand scale at the beginning of the 1990s and it has gone in three main directions: (1) members and activists as a resource for the parties; (2) members as constituting “the party on the ground”; and (3) political participation of the members (van Haute, Paulis & Sierens 2017). In this article we are drawing from all three traditions of the research. The paper is based on empirical investigation from the project “Political Parties and their Social Environment. An Analysis of the Organization and Communication Activities of Polish Political Parties”, in which in-depth interviews with the parties’ leaders and parliamentarians were conducted and questionnaires were collected from the grassroots members and activists. To structure our research we put forward the following theses: (1) The parties’ elites declaratively appreciate the role of rank-and-file members in the organizations, but in practice rarely undertake activities to encourage people to join the parties or to engage the members they already have in party work. (2) The grassroots members would like to have more influence on party decisions. (3) The factor that is more important in differentiating the parties on their roles and expectations towards the organizations is the party age rather than its parliamentary or extra-parliamentary status.

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Members of Polish Political Parties in the Process of Inter-Electoral Campaigning

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Wincławska M., Pacześniak A.

Polish Political Science Yearbook

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2018

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vol. 4 (47)

652-662

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The character and role of membership in political parties have been varied in time (van Haute, 2011; Scarrow, 2015; Gauja, 2017), just as the parties themselves, their organizations and functions in political systems (e.g. Duverger, 1976; Kirkheimer, 1966; Mair, Katz, 1997; Katz, Mair, 2009). There are researchers suggesting that the importance of members for political parties and in campaigning has declined substantially. But does it mean that they have become irrelevant in this aspect? In the paper we look at the process of inter-electoral campaigning from the perspective of the rank-and-files of Polish political parties. There are three research questions in this article: (1) Do the rank-and-file members of Polish political parties see the functions of modern political parties in the aspect of permanent communication? (2) Do they engage in the parties’ inter-electoral campaigns? (3) Do the assessments of party functions and performances, or the view about the role of the grassroots, correlate with the members’ engagement in the campaigns of the parties? The data analyzed in the paper were taken from the research conducted in the project „Political parties and their social environment. An Analysis of the Organization and Communications Activities of Polish Political Parties”1. The analysis is based on the quantitative data (PAPI and CAWI) of the members of six Polish political parties (n=2,488).

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Głosy nieważne w wyborach do australijskiej Izby Reprezentantów 2001–2013

Czy współczesne partie potrzebują jeszcze członków? Wnioski z badań empirycznych w polskich partiach politycznych

Members of Polish Political Parties in the Process of Inter-Electoral Campaigning