Table of Contents

1 Introduction: Party membership and activism Emilie van Haute and Anika Gauja 2 Spanish party members and congress delegates Montserrat Baras, Oscar Barberà, Astrid Barrio, Patricia Correa and Juan Rodriguez-Teruel 3 Party membership in Belgium: From the cradle to the grave? Emilie van Haute 4 Party membership in Canada William Cross 5 Party membership in Denmark: Fluctuating membership figures and organizational stability Karina Kosiara-Pedersen 6 Party membership in Germany: Rather formal, therefore uncool? Tim Spier and Markus Klein 7 Party membership in Israel: The era of party primaries Gideon Rahat and Ofer Kenig 8 Party membership in Italy Giulia Sandri, Antonella Seddone and Georgia Bulli 9 Party membership in the Netherlands Josje den Ridder, Joop van Holsteyn and Ruud Koole 10 Party membership in Norway: Declining but still viable? Knut Heidar 11 Party membership in Britain: A minority pursuit Lynn Bennie 12 Conclusion: Members and activists of political parties in comparative perspective Anika Gauja and Emilie van Haute

About the Author

Emilie van Haute is Lecturer at the Cevipol, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.


Anika Gauja is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney, Australia.