Party Policy Diffusion and Intra-Party Politics

• In Event: Intra-Party Politics and Decision-Making

Abstract

Recent studies argue and empirically demonstrate that political parties look beyond their borders and learn from successful parties elsewhere. The mechanism through which parties actually learn and emulate their strategies remain under-explored. This paper aims to look at party’s national congress meetings of Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands, and the UK to provide explanations for the conditions under which parties learn from foreign successful parties. Specifically by tracing how national parties learn from policy changes in the area of women’s rights and welfare issues.

Author

• Mariken van der Velden, Free University Amsterdam