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Parties as Franchise Systems

The Stratarchical Organizational Imperative

R. Kenneth Carty

Department of PoliticalScience,University of British Columbia,Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z1 rkcarty{at}interchange.ubc.ca

The article begins by identifying a number of apparently dissonant characteristics of modern party organization, suggesting that they define patterns of internal organizational relationships that are more stratarchical than hierarchical. To provide a framework for analysing the structure and activities of stratarchical parties, the article develops a franchise model of party organization. After identifying the essential elements of the franchise party, and particularly the contract that defines it, the article points to how the model elucidates the distinctive character of factionalism, membership and leadership in modern political parties.

Key Words: franchise system • party membership • party organization • stratarchy

Party Politics, Vol. 10, No. 1, 5-24 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1354068804039118
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