RT Journal Article
T1 Digital intra-party democracy: an exploratory analysis of Podemos and the Labour Party
A1 Lupato García, Fabio
A1 Meloni, Marco
AB The role of technology is growing in intra-party democracy (IPD) processes. This article presents a proposal for analysing digital IPD, by applying empirical democratic theory dimensions. To test our methodology, we analyse two different types of parties, a new digital one, Pos, and a traditional one undergoing reform, the Labour Party. Our analysis shows, first, that the application of technology is not neutral, with a differential impact depending on the specific democratic dimension considered and, secondly, that—due to convergent developments—new and established parties are closer in their digital IPD than expected. These results point out the relevance, for the ongoing debate on the quality of IPD, of considering the impact of digital on different democratic dimensions and its evolution over time.
PB Oxford University Press
SN 0031-2290
SN 1460-2482
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/104173
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/104173
LA eng
NO Fabio García Lupato, Marco Meloni, Digital Intra-Party Democracy: An Exploratory Analysis of Podemos and the Labour Party, Parliamentary Affairs, Volume 76, Issue 1, January 2023, Pages 22–42, https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsab015
DS Docta Complutense
RD 10 abr 2025