@article{2018:lechner:innerparte,
title = {Innerparteiliche Demokratie im paradigmatischen Widerstreit realistischer und normativer Demokratietheorien},
year = {2018},
note = {From a democratic-theoretical perspective, research on direct
intra-party democracy has received only little attention . The case of
SPD’s decision to once again have its members decide on whether to
enter another Grand Coalition after the 2016 federal election is a
case in point as it seems that plebiscitary internal party procedures
have been established as a viable option in forming a new government .
Attempts for an exact democratic-theoretical definition or even the
development of a cohesive theory of intra-party democracy have hardly
been undertaken so far . Nonetheless, various perceptions regarding
the normative evaluation or the concrete design of intra-party
democracy can be identified in different democratic-theoretical
traditions . Unlike Habermas‘ deliberative theory of democracy,
which was also influential in the context of party-research,
Fraenkel‘s neo-pluralism proves to be a suitable concept for
appropriately conceiving the phenomenon of intra-party democracy and
to overcome the deficit character of the antithetical classical
paradigms of party research (“realistic” vs . ”normative”
tradition) . Based on this, the limits and potentials of direct member
participation can be demonstrated .},
journal = {ZParl Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen},
pages = {658--677},
author = {Lechner, Julian},
volume = {49},
number = {3}
}