Explaining Membership Growth in the Norwegian Progress Party (Frp)

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KS OmniScriptum Publishing

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491_9783838300481

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West-European parties, including Norwegian ones, are losing members, and have been doing it for several decades.Although this development was not as pronounced in 1980 it had become clear by2001. The Norwegian Progress Party has clearly deviated from both the national and the internationaltrend of dwindling mass membership with its relatively stable growth in this respect.Through the application of relevant academic literature, I set forth seven hypotheses about the causes of theProgress Party membership growth. At themacro-level, I examine the impact of electoral success and public subsidies on membershipgrowth. At the meso-level, the efforts of the Progress Party leadership, the partysorganizational network, and its executive structure are considered. Finally, at the micro-level,I study support in the electorate for the Progress Partys policies and the availability ofpolitical positions for members in the party as possible causes of membership growth.The central finding of the thesis is that leadership efforts appear to be the keycomponent in the explanation, although it may depend on several other factors to besuccessful.

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