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Local political subcultures and party activism in Italy: The case of the Democratic Party

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posted on 2014-05-01, 00:00 authored by Matteo VerganiMatteo Vergani
While there are relevant studies on both local political subcultures and party activism in Italy, the literature misses the relations between these two social and political phenomena. This article aims at bridging the lacuna by presenting a typology of the local branches of the Italian PD (Democratic Party) based on the relationship between the features of party activism and the local political subcultures. Four types of local PD branch emerge: the ‘showcase’ branch, the ‘administrative’ branch, the ‘company’ branch and the ‘committee’ branch. The article discusses each type, while drawing on 40 in-depth interviews collected during field research. Insights into the relationship between local political subcultures and party activism in Italy are offered.

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Journal

Party politics

Volume

20

Issue

3

Pagination

381 - 390

Publisher

Sage

Location

London, Eng.

ISSN

1354-0688

eISSN

1460-3683

Language

eng

Publication classification

X Not reportable; C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2014, Sage

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