El efecto austeridad. El activismo de partido en  Europa durante la Gran Recesión

Juan  Rodríguez-Teruel; Patricia  Correa; Oscar  Barberà

doi:10.3989/ris.2021.79.4.M21.07

Authors

Juan Rodríguez-Teruel Universitat de València https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7112-986X
Patricia Correa Aston University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9363-6347
Oscar Barberà Universitat de València https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2424-2605

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/ris.2021.79.4.M21.07

Keywords:

Membership, Grassroots, Activism, Participation, Party organisation, Economic effects

Abstract

The article analyses the evolution of party membership and party activism in Europe in the last twenty years. Our aim is twofold. Firstly, we provide a new typology of different modes of affiliation in political parties. In line with Susan Scarrow’s multi-speed membership model, it advocates for a reconceptualisation of party activism disentangling it from formal membership. Based on ESS data, we observe that formal party membership decline is accompanied by stable or even increasing proportions of party activism, suggesting different trends of evolution for different modes of party affiliation. Secondly, we test the mobilising effect of the Great Recession on party activism in European democracies. Using panel-corrected standard error regressions, we find that those countries that implemented hard austerity policies experienced a significant increase of party activism during the years of bailout.

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