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PRESIDENTIALIZATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE BRITISH LABOUR PARTY, THE SPANISH SOCIALIST WORKER'S PARTY AND THE CROATIAN DEMOCRATIC UNION
No full textU ovom radu nastojim ispitati osnovnu tezu o nastanku prezidencijaliziranih stranaka koje se
pojavljuju kao poseban historijsko-empirijski model stranačke organizacije. Model
prezidencijaliziranih stranaka ne predstavlja sljedeću fazu u postojećoj razvojnoj teoriji
političkih stranaka koja bi označila kretanje prema još jednomu novom tipu stranke, niti mu se
mogu pridodati značenja i vrijednosti novoga razvojnog tipa. Valjan je samo kao analitički
model kojim se na historijskoj i empirijskoj razini može pratiti prilagodba suvremenih
političkih stranaka zahtjevima socijalnih i političkih čimbenika za sve većom
individualizacijom političkog života. Ono što prezidencijalizirane stranke čini specifičnim
modelom upravo su ključne karakteristike snažne koncentracije moći u rukama stranačkog
vođe i centralizacije procesa političkog odlučivanja, iz čega proizlaze njegova autonomija u
formuliranju stranačkih politika, programa i izbornih strategija, neupitna dominacija nad svim
razinama stranačke organizacije te rigidna hijerarhijska stranačka struktura. Komparativna
analiza britanske Laburističke stranke, Španjolske socijalističke radničke stranke i Hrvatske
demokratske zajednice nedvosmisleno je potvrdila glavnu hipotezu kojom je uspostavljena
uzročna veza između složene kombinacije strukturnih i kontekstualnih čimbenika, koji su
identificirani kao glavni pokretači prezidencijalizacijskih procesa, i nastanka
prezidencijaliziranih stranaka koje se organizacijski prilagođavaju izazovima suvremenih
demokracija.In this dissertation I test the hypothesis on the origin of presidentialized parties that appear as
the specific historical and empirical model of party organization. The model of
presidentialized parties does not represent the next phase in the existing developmental theory
of political parties, which would indicate movement towards another new type of party
organization, nor can it be attributed with the meaning and value of a new developmental
type. It is valid only as an analytical model which follows the adaptation of modern political
parties to the challenges of social and political factors for the increasing individualization of
political life on the historical and empirical level. What makes presidentialized parties a
specific model are the key characteristics of the strong concentration of power in the hands of
party leader and the centralization of decision-making process, from which derive his
autonomy in the formulation of party policies, programs and electoral strategies, unquestioned
supremacy over all levels of the party organization and the rigid hierarchical party structure.
A comparative analysis of the British Labour party, the Spanish socialist worker's party and
the Croatian democratic union unambiguously confirmed the main hypothesis which
established a causal relationship between the complex combination of structural and
contextual factors that are identified as the main drivers of the process of presidentialization,
on one hand, and the emergence of the presidentialized parties which organizationally adapt
to the challenges of modern democracies, on the other.
In this dissertation I test the hypothesis on the origin of presidentialized parties that appear as
the specific historical and empirical model of party organization. The model of
presidentialized parties does not represent the next phase in the existing developmental theory
of political parties, which would indicate movement towards another new type of party
organization, nor can it be attributed with the meaning and value of a new developmental
type. It is valid only as an analytical model which follows the adaptation of modern political
parties to the challenges of social and political factors for the increasing individualization of
political life on the historical and empirical level. What makes presidentialized parties a
specific model are the key characteristics of the strong concentration of power in the hands of
party leader and the centralization of decision-making process, from which derive his
autonomy in the formulation of party policies, programs and electoral strategies, unquestioned
supremacy over all levels of the party organization and the rigid hierarchical party structure.
A comparative analysis of the British Labour party, the Spanish socialist worker's party and
the Croatian democratic union unambiguously confirmed the main hypothesis which
established a causal relationship between the complex combination of structural and
contextual factors that are identified as the main drivers of the process of presidentialization,
on one hand, and the emergence of the presidentialized parties which organizationally adapt
to the challenges of modern democracies, on the other