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Catch-All Parties and Party-Voter Nexus in Sri Lanka

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Catch-All Parties and Party-Voter Nexus in Sri Lanka/ by Pradeep Peiris.
Author:	Peiris, Pradeep.
Description:	XIII, 268 p. 9 illus., 7 illus. in color.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Elections. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4153-4
ISBN:	9789811641534

Catch-All Parties and Party-Voter Nexus in Sri Lanka
Peiris, Pradeep.

Catch-All Parties and Party-Voter Nexus in Sri Lanka[electronic resource] /by Pradeep Peiris. - 1st ed. 2022. - XIII, 268 p. 9 illus., 7 illus. in color.online resource. - Politics of South Asia,2523-8353. - Politics of South Asia,.

Dynamics of party organization at the level of the electorate -- From party organization to party mobilization -- Examining the logic and practice of voting -- Examining party allegiance -- SLPP and catch-all parties: Old wine in new bottles.

This book systematically maps the evolution of the party–voter nexus of the United National Party (UNP) and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). In doing so, it argues that these parties rely mostly on a complex Web of patronage-based networks to mobilise electorates. They employ informal and highly dynamic, loosely knit networks as their organisational structures at the local level. They mainly focus on mobilising voters through local political actors rather than maintaining clear party bases and membership schemes. The study highlights the salience of personalities at the national as well as local levels in forming electoral support for the parties. These individuals exploit their economic, social, and cultural capital to mobilise the most efficient network that would strengthen their party during elections. The study also analyses the emergence of two new coalition centres from within these traditional parties, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), and argues that these parties, though portraying themselves as new, have in fact retained the overall logic of the party–voter nexus by appropriating the organisational schemes and structures of their predecessors. Pradeep Peiris is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science and Public Policy, University of Colombo, and Treasurer, Social Scientists’ Association, Sri Lanka. He was Founding Head of Social Indicator, Survey Research Arm of the Centre for Policy Alternatives and is currently the Sri Lanka Country Representative of Democracy Barometer.

ISBN: 9789811641534

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-981-16-4153-4doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

555219
Elections.

LC Class. No.: JF1001-1048.52

Dewey Class. No.: 324.6

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