02678nam 2200373z- 450 9910587598903321202202253-7489-1264-1(CKB)5850000000003806(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/78873(oapen)doab78873(EXLCZ)99585000000000380620202202d2022 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPolitical Parties and the Challenge of DisintermediationRhetoric and Practices of Organisational Change in ItalyBaden-BadenNomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG20221 online resource (228 p.)1. Auflage 20223-8487-7249-3 How do parties adapt to an environment characterised by the rejection of intermediate bodies? They both offer members more opportunity for direct and online participation and strengthen their leadership. By proposing an innovative framework for the analysis of disintermediation in politics, and through an in-depth examination of the inner workings of two Italian parties (the Partito Democratico and the Movimento 5 Stelle), this book shows both how these trends are connected and the ways in which the promise of unmediated intra-party relationships lead to the emergence of new forms of intermediation.How do parties adapt to an environment characterised by the rejection of intermediate bodies? They both offer members more opportunity for direct and online participation and strengthen their leadership. By proposing an innovative framework for the analysis of disintermediation in politics, and through an in-depth examination of the inner workings of two Italian parties (the Partito Democratico and the Movimento 5 Stelle), this book shows both how these trends are connected and the ways in which the promise of unmediated intra-party relationships lead to the emergence of new forms of intermediation.Political Parties and the Challenge of Disintermediation JPLbicsscCyber party, Democratic Party, Ethnography, Five Star Movement, Grassroots Campaign, Italian politics, Italy, leadership, organisational change, participation, party democracy, Party research, transformation, Turin, Movimento 5 Stelle, Partito DemocraticoJPLBiancalana Ceciliaauth1254964BOOK9910587598903321Political Parties and the Challenge of Disintermediation2909642UNINA