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Routine Problems: Movement Party Institutionalization and the Case of Taiwan's New Power Party.
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Studies in Comparative International Development . Dec2023, Vol. 58 Issue 4, p537-556. 20p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Why do some movement parties successfully institutionalize into a functioning party organization while others struggle? This paper argues that not all movement parties institutionalize in the same way. Movement parties that emanate out of a long-term social movement organization face a qualitatively different set of challenges than those that form out of a short-term movement. Routinization—the process of parties developing rules, regulation, and predictable behavior—is a particularly crucial component for short-term movement party institutionalization. When parties emanate out of long-standing social movement organizations, they are advantaged because they already have existing formal rules and regulations. Short-term parties however, are disadvantaged because they lack these organizational structures. Further, short-term movement parties not only need routinization, but must make it a priority; the sequencing of their institutionalization matters. I demonstrate the importance of routinization with the case of Taiwan's New Power Party, a movement party formed out of the 2014 Sunflower Movement. This case shows how struggles to routinize early for short-term movement parties leads to crucial causal mechanisms hindering party institutionalization instead of helping it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00393606
- Volume :
- 58
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Studies in Comparative International Development
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 174801869
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12116-023-09388-x