Labnet: Conf Ann: Party Membership in Europe - Brussels, Belgium, 30-31/10

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PARTIREP - International Conference on Party membership

Party membership in Europe : Explorations into the anthills of party politics

 

Conference hosted by the Centre d’étude de la vie politique of the ULB (Cevipol) at the Université libre de Bruxelles,

Brussels, Belgium, Dupréel Room, Jeanne Avenue, 44 – 1050 Brussels, 30-31 October 2008

 

Programme

 

Thursday, October 30th

Opening of the Congress

 

First session – 9.00-10.45

Chair: Kris DESCHOUWER (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

09.15: Paul WHITELEY (University of Essex): “Is the party over? The Decline of Party Activism and Membership across the Democratic World”

09.35: Pascal DELWIT (Université libre de Bruxelles) : “Still the decline ? Party Membership in Europe”

09.55: Sofie MARIËN, Ellen QUINTELIER (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven): “Participation in Political Parties. Changing Determinants of Party Membership in Europe”

10.15: Discussion

10.45: Coffee break

 

Second session – 11.00-12.30

Chair: Stefaan WALGRAVE (Universiteit Antwerpen)

11.00: Stéphanie DECHEZELLES (IEP Bordeaux): “The young Lega Nord and Alleanza Nazionale activists in Italy: “new” parties, “classical” involvement?”

11.20: Elin HAUGSGJERD ALLERN (University of Oslo): “Party Members and Membership Parties in the Age of Professional Politics: A Study of Norwegian Political Parties 1980-2010”

11.40: Discussion

 

12.30-14.00: Lunch

 

Third session – 14.00-15.30

Chair: Jean-Benoit PILET (Université libre de Bruxelles)

14.00: Sorina SOARE (Universita degli studi di Palermo), Alexandra IONASCU (Universitatea din Bucuresti, Université libre de Bruxelles): “Cultivating large Membership Rolls: The Romanian Case”

14.20: Jean-Michel DE WAELE, Maïté LEROY (Université libre de Bruxelles), Anna PACZESNIAK (University of Wroclaw): “The SLd delegates in Poland” 

14.40: Patrick LYONS (Czech Academy of Sciences): “Choosing a Leader: An Examination of Party Members Preferences in a Leadership Election”

15.00: Discussion

 

15.30 Coffee Break

 

Fourth session – 15.45-17.00

Chair: Emilie VAN HAUTE (Université libre de Bruxelles)

15.45 : Oscar BARBERA (London School of Economics / Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona), Astrid BARRIO, Juan RODRIGUEZ (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona): “Political Developments and party changes: Catalonia (1995-2007)”

16.05: Florence HAEGEL (Cevipof): “How to manufacture party membership? The case of the French UMP”

16.25 : Discussion

 

17.00: End of the first day

 

Friday, October 31st

 

Fifth session – 09.00-10.20

Chair: Pascal DELWIT (Université libre de Bruxelles)

09.00: Wijbrandt VAN SCHUUR, Gerrit VOERMAN (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen): “How Dutch parties think about their changing membership”

09.20: Giulia SANDRI, Teun PAUWELS (Université libre de Bruxelles): “The role of party members in Belgian and Italian parties: a cross-national analysis”

09.40: Discussion

 

10.20: Coffee break

 

Sixth session – 10.40-12.30

Chair: Pascal DELWIT (Université libre de Bruxelles)

10.40: Emilie VAN HAUTE (Université libre de Bruxelles): “Who voices? Socialisation process and ideological profile of discontented party members”

11.00: Patrick VANDER WEYDEN (Universiteit Gent), Koen ABTS, Sophie COLPAERT (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven): “The Flemish Socialist Party: Members and Party Organization”

11.20: Discussion

 

12.00: Conclusion: Kris DESCHOUWER (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

 

12.30: End of the conference

 

The conference is organised with the support of the Université libre de Bruxelles, the Interuniversity Attraction Pole “Party and Representation in Europe”, the Centre Jean Gol, the Centre Etopia, the Fonds national de la recherche scientifique, the Fondation Jean Jaurès, The Communauté française, The Brussels Region

 

Bulletin de participation

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The Conference fee is 10 €. It should be paid by bank transfer to the conference account

Fortis Banking

Account number n° 001-2673124-7

BIC GEBABEBB

IBAN BE16 0012 6731 2474

A renvoyer à Emilie Van Haute (evhaute at ulb.ac.be)

Fax : 32 (0)2 650 31 38

Tél : 32 (0) 2 650 48 82

 

 

 


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