num_pages: 325
description: Party conferences are central to the life of political parties. They contribute to setting policy agendas, developing policy options, legitimizing policy choices, building party cohesion, motivating activists and publicizing party activities to the wider public. An analysis of their evolution in Britain helps us understand the ways in which political parties change. This book combines anthropological methods with political science to analyze changing power relationships, party organizations and political culture in British political Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrats, The Greens.
language: English
title: Changing Parties: An Anthropology of British Political Conferences
titlecomplete: Changing Parties: An Anthropology of British Political Conferences
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan