Party dynamics and leadership longevity: experience from Western Balkans and Visegrad Group countries

• Authors: Bursać Dejan , Stojanović Boban

Title variants

PL

Dynamika partii i długość sprawowania przywództwa: doświadczenia z Bałkanów Zachodnich i krajów Grupy Wyszehradzkiej

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article is examining the effects of party dynamics on changeability of party leaders, arguing that significant differences can be expected with regard to ideology, parliamentary strength, and involvement in government. Authors claim that leaders are more prone to change, when their parties lose elections or depart from the government. Moreover, they explore variations in leadership longevity in relation to degree of democratic consolidation, based on the analysis of experience from the Western Balkans and Visegrad Group countries. Findings confirm the hypotheses regarding electoral failure and departure from government, as well as regional differences between transitional and more consolidated democracies.

PL

W artykule przeanalizowano wpływ dynamiki partii na zmienność liderów partii, argumentując, że można spodziewać się znacznych różnic w zakresie ideologii, siły parlamentu i zaangażowania w rządzenie. Autorzy twierdzą, że liderzy są bardziej skłonni do zmian, gdy ich partie przegrywają wybory lub odchodzą od rządu. Ponadto zbadano różnice w długości sprawowania przywództwa w odniesieniu do stopnia demokratycznej konsolidacji, na podstawie analizy doświadczeń z Bałkanów Zachodnich i krajów Grupy Wyszehradzkiej. Wyniki potwierdzają hipotezy dotyczące porażki wyborczej i odejścia od rządu, a także regionalnych różnic między demokracjami przejściowymi i bardziej skonsolidowanymi.

Keywords

EN

Leaders; leadership longevity; political parties; Visegrad Group; Western Balkans; transitional democracy; consolidated democracy

PL

liderzy; długość sprawowania przywództwa; partie polityczne; Grupa Wyszehradzka; Bałkany Zachodnie; demokracja przejściowa; demokracja skonsolidowana

• Publisher: Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Studiów Międzynarodowych, Uniwersytet Warszawski
• Journal: Przegląd Europejski
• Year: 2020
• Issue: 4(58)
• Pages: 105-116

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Bursać Dejan

• Institute for Political Studies

author

Stojanović Boban

• University of Belgrade

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