Social media, parties, and political inequalities
By: Kristof Jacobs and Niels Spierings
Contributors: Spierings, Niels, 1983- author
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9781137533890
Subjects: Politics and government; Social media; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy; Comparative government; Computer network resources; Political aspects; Political parties
Description: "How have social media transformed politics in Western democracies? This book examines this question focusing on the power balance between and within parties in the Netherlands from a comparative perspective. Jacobs and Spierings also investigates topics such as local/European politics and the impact on women and ethnic-minorities"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: PART I: BACKGROUND; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Theorizing Social Media, Parties and Political Inequalities; title: 3. Social Media in Politics: The Netherlands from a Comparative Perspective; title: PART II: CHANGES IN THE POWER BALANCE; title: 4. Inter-Party Relations: David versus Goliath; title: 5. Intra-Party Politics: David versus Nabal and Abigail; title: 6. Social Media go Glocal: The Local and European Arenas; title: PART III: THE TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA; title: 7. The Electoral Impact of Social Media; title: 8. Conclusion.