Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Evolution of Democratic Digital Innovations in Podemos

While the digitalisation of political parties is increasingly analysed, less attention has been paid to the evolution of digital procedures and their consequences on intra-party democracy and party change. We propose a typology for identifying different types of evolution processes (consolidation, r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Meloni, Marco, Lupato García, Fabio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/72890
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/72890
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Digital party
Movement party
Party innovation
Internal party democracy
Party institutionalisation
Podemos
Party organisation
Política
Partidos y grupos políticos
59 Ciencia Política
5905.06 Partidos Políticos
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Sumario:While the digitalisation of political parties is increasingly analysed, less attention has been paid to the evolution of digital procedures and their consequences on intra-party democracy and party change. We propose a typology for identifying different types of evolution processes (consolidation, reconfiguration, mutation, and elimination) using the Spanish party Podemos paradigmatic case. Our analysis points out the centrality of hard and soft setbacks in the evolution of the digital procedures of the party. Findings indicate the relevance of different dynamics, such as institutionalisation, personalisation, and factionalism, jointly with other internal and external factors. Studying the evolution of digital party procedures is relevant for tracing party change in digital parties and other parties that are experiencing digitalisation processes.