@misc{10481/111747,
year = {2021},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/111747},
abstract = {This chapter aims to analyse the digital adaptation process of two specific
political parties, the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) and the Portuguese
Socialist Party (PSP). The two parties that are the subject of this chapter, PSOE and
PSP, soon became the hegemonic parties of the centre-left and the main government
alternatives in their respective political systems. The analysis of both parties’ use
of digital platforms is based on two elements. First, we look at the functioning
of bottom-up tools, which depend on the initiative of the members—who play an
active role in implementing the tool in question—and whose operation depends on
the willingness of members to use it (e.g. using some of the party membership
forms). Second, we look at the functioning of top-down tools, which depend on
party’s initiative, with members playing a passive role, such as when they receive
information from the organisation’s central offices. The analysis shows that the PSP
offers more bottom-up tools, while PSOE uses more top-down tools.},
publisher = {Springer},
keywords = {Political parties},
keywords = {Social democracy},
keywords = {Digital tools},
title = {How to Remain Indispensable in the Twenty-First Century? The Digital Adaptation of PSOE and PSP in a Crisis Context},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-78668-7_8},
author = {Díaz Montiel, Alberto Manuel},
}