Party Organization and Communication in Poland

This book provides a new analytical perspective on the strategies, membership and communication management of political parties in Poland. The authors address why some political parties have managed to strengthen and survive while others have failed to do the same. The research was carried out in the years 20162018, when Poland started to be seen more and more as a weakening democracy. As an in-depth, empirically grounded single-country study of party structure and communication, the book gives an opportunity to draw broader conclusions about the process of party development in the Central and Eastern Europe region three decades since the beginning of democratic transition.

Introduces an innovative interdisciplinary framework to study organizational structures and communication strategies of political parties Based on large empirical data set, including questionnaires and in-depth interviews with representatives of main political parties, as well as voter surveys and a survey of party administration Engages with and contributes to the growing literature on democratic consolidation and Central and Eastern European politics

Autorentext
Michä Jacüski is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Wroc aw, Poland. In his academic activity, he focuses on party politics, digital political communication, web campaigning and social media influence. He is one of the founders and guest editor of the Central European Journal of Communication.

Barbara Brodzi ska-Mirowska is Assistant Professor at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torü, Poland. She is the author of articles on permanent communication, the professionalization of political communication and new media. Her scientific interests focus on political communication, political public relations, inter-electoral communication and mediatization of politics.

Anna Pacze niak is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Wroc aw, Poland. She is the author of over 100 scientific articles and chapters on the organization and internal life of parties, the EU's political system and the role of women in politics. Her research interests include the Europeanization of political parties and electoral defeats.

Maria Winc awska is Assistant Professor at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torü, Poland. Her research concentrates on the organization and activities of political parties and on the party members in democratic states, mainly in Poland and English-speaking democracies.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Theoretical and methodological framework.- Chapter 2: Democracy in Poland: The post-communist regime and its performance.- Chapter 3: The emergence of the party system in Poland - from instability to permanent.- Chapter 4: Changing communication environment.- Chapter 5: Are political party structures still important?.- Chapter 6: Political party membership features.- Chapter 7: Political parties and their relations with the media.- Chapter 8: Parties and citizens relations: connecting or disconnecting?.- Chapter 9: Party democracy in Poland and its future.