This book provides a new analytical perspective on the strategies, membership and communication management of political parties in Poland. The authors address why some political parties have managed to strengthen and survive while others have failed to do the same. The research was carried out in the years 2016-2018, when Poland started to be seen more and more as a weakening democracy. As an in-depth, empirically grounded single-country study of party structure and communication, the book gives an opportunity to draw broader conclusions about the process of party development in the Central and Eastern Europe region three decades since the beginning of democratic transition.

Michal Jacunski is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Wroclaw, Poland. In his academic activity, he focuses on party politics, digital political communication, web campaigning and social media influence. He is one of the founders and guest editor of the Central EuropeanJournal of Communication.

Barbara Brodzinska-Mirowska is Assistant Professor at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland. She is the author of articles on permanent communication, the professionalization of political communication and new media. Her scientific interests focus on political communication, political public relations, inter-electoral communication and mediatization of politics.

Anna Paczesniak is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Wroclaw, Poland. She is the author of over 100 scientific articles and chapters on the organization and internal life of parties, the EU's political system and the role of women in politics. Her research interests include the Europeanization of political parties and electoral defeats.

Maria Winclawska is Assistant Professor at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland. Her research concentrates on the organization and activities of political parties and on the party membersin democratic states, mainly in Poland and English-speaking democracies.

Autorentext

Micha Jacuski is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Wrocaw, Poland. In his academic activity, he focuses on party politics, digital political communication, web campaigning and social media influence. He is one of the founders and guest editor of the Central European Journal of Communication.

Barbara Brodziska-Mirowska is Assistant Professor at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru, Poland. She is the author of articles on permanent communication, the professionalization of political communication and new media. Her scientific interests focus on political communication, political public relations, inter-electoral communication and mediatization of politics.

Anna Paczeniak is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Wrocaw, Poland. She is the author of over 100 scientific articles and chapters on the organization and internal life of parties, the EU's political system and the role of women in politics. Her research interests include the Europeanization of political parties and electoral defeats.

Maria Wincawska is Assistant Professor at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru, Poland. Her research concentrates on the organization and activities of political parties and on the party members in democratic states, mainly in Poland and English-speaking democracies.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Theoretical and methodological framework
Chapter 2: Democracy in Poland: The post-communist regime and its performance
Chapter 3: The emergence of the party system in Poland - from instability to permanent
Chapter 4: Changing communication environment
Chapter 5: Are political party structures still important?
Chapter 6: Political party membership features
Chapter 7: Political parties and their relations with the media
Chapter 8: Parties and citizens relations: connecting or disconnecting?
Chapter 9: Party democracy in Poland and its future