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Content ... 1 Figures ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Tables ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Abbreviations ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Summary ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Acknowledgements ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. INTRODUCTION ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. On the study of party membership ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Social Networks and Social Network Analysis (SNA) ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. The development of the literature social networks and SNA .. Erreur ! Signet non défini. The sociology of social movements: towards a network explanation of collective actions ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Party organisations and voting behaviour: the rise of social networks in political science ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Social Networks and Local Branches: a framework for analysis of party membership in context ... Erreur ! Signet non défini.
Data description and variables operationalisation ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Dependent variable: party membership ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Control variables: socio-demographic background, political attitudes and alternative political behaviours ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Independent variable: the structure and composition of respondents’ networks .... Erreur !
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Multivariate analyses: linking networks and party membership ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. It is not only “who you are”, it is also “who you know”: social networks and party
membership ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Socio-demographic profiles, political attitudes and alternative political behaviours (M1) ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Social network structure: network size & density (M2) ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Social network composition: social composition and homophily (M3) ... Erreur ! Signet
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Social network composition: social attributes and homophily (M4) ... Erreur ! Signet non
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Main findings: social networks can trigger party membership (M5)... Erreur ! Signet non
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It is not only “who you are”, or “who you know”; it is also “what you talk about”: political discussion networks and party membership ... Erreur ! Signet non défini.
Socio-demographic profiles, political attitudes and alternative participaroty behaviours (M1) ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Political network structure: network size and density (M2) .... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Political network composition: social attributes and homophily (M3) Erreur ! Signet non
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Political network composition: political attributes, homophily and disagreement (M4) ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Main findings: political discussion networks are contexts sparking more party
What they think about parties shapes what “you” think about and do with them: social networks, party closeness and party membership ... Erreur ! Signet non défini.
Christian Democrats ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Regionalists ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Greens ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Liberals ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Extreme right ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Social Democrats ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Radical left ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. No party closeness, no party membership ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Main findings and discussion: ego tends to feel close, and join, the dominant party in his social network ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Conclusion: Members in Social Context ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. CHAPTER II. PARTY MEMBERSHIP IN LOCAL PARTY CONTEXT Erreur ! Signet non
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Introduction ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Theoretical framework: the (ir)relevance and duality of local party branches as groups
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Analysis: untangling the organisation, the functioning and the role of local party branches ... Erreur ! Signet non défini.
A horizontal view: the organisational complexity of local branches ... Erreur ! Signet non
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Local parties as training ground for citizens and party members ... Erreur ! Signet non
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A recruitment agency ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Provider of membership and participation incentives... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Volunteer labour and financial resources provider: professional vs. amateur ... Erreur !
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Local communication agencies ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Conclusion & discussion ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. CHAPTER III. MEMBERS IN SOCIAL AND LOCAL PARTY CONTEXT . Erreur ! Signet
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Social networks and interactions as context: a contribution to the supply-side explanations of party membership ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Local party branches as context: a contribution to the demand-side of party membership ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. REFERENCES ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. APPENDICES ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Appendix 1. The Sociogram – Moreno’s first attempt to map a network ... Erreur ! Signet
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Appendix 2. Local election results in the BCR (1994-2012) ... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Appendix 3. Representativeness of the sample used in Chapter I ... Erreur ! Signet non
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Appendix 4. Operationalisation of the main variables – Chapter I ... Erreur ! Signet non
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