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Patterns of Party Integration, Influence and Autonomy in Seven Federations

Lori Thorlakson

Department of Political Science, 10-16 HM Tory Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H4, Canada, lori.thorlakson{at}ualberta.ca

In this article, I develop three measures of party organization in multi-level systems: vertical integration, influence and autonomy. I assess these in 27 parties in Canada, Australia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the United States and Spain and investigate how parties respond to the incentives and opportunities created by their institutional environment. Clear patterns emerge between the form of federal state design and the predominant form of party organization: in decentralized federations with low coordination requirements between federal and state-level governments, a tendency can be found towards highly autonomous state parties. Where resources are centralized and intergovernmental coordination requirements are high, integrated parties with low autonomy can be found. However, neither aspect of institutional design has a significant relationship with `upward' influence of state-level parties in the governance structure of federal parties.

Key Words: decentralization • federalism • party organization • political parties

Party Politics, Vol. 15, No. 2, 157-177 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1354068808099979
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