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PROCESS TRACING AND PROFESSIONALIZATION OF POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS
PROCESS TRACING AND PROFESSIONALIZATION OF POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS

Author(s): Pratyush Paras Sarma
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Social Sciences, Media studies, Political Theory, Political Sciences, Civil Society, Governance, Public Administration, Public Law, Communication studies, Government/Political systems, Electoral systems, Welfare systems, Developing nations, Political behavior, Political economy, Political psychology, Politics and law, Politics and communication, Politics and religion, Politics and society, History and theory of political science, Methodology and research technology, Comparative politics, Theory of Communication, Politics and Identity
Published by: Institute for Research and European Studies - Bitola
Keywords: Professionalization; Political Parties; Election Campaigns; Process Tracing; Democracy

Summary/Abstract: Recent years have witnessed a significant inner transformation among political parties in both developed and developing democracies of the world. Different factors, such as changes in the structure of the media environment owing to the technological boom in the last two decades and changes in voting behavior, led to the transformation of the political parties in different democracies worldwide. Therefore, studying the patterns of this transformation has become an integral part of the current political science research. Early studies have demonstrated the indexes based on professionalization. However, limited studies have tried to examine the process of transformation relating to professionalization and are almost missing from the studies based on non-western democracies like India. Therefore, against this backdrop, this study tries to expand the literature by providing a theoretical framework consisting of causal mechanisms which would explain the process of professionalization of campaigns with special reference to Indian elections through the theory testing method of process tracing. The framework has been provided in a series of causal mechanisms to answer how the considered individual variables react when they come in contact. This paper concludes by justifying the conceptual framework of professionalization.

  • Issue Year: 9/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 220-235
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English
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