A Deliberative Model of Intra‐Party Democracy

Abstract

Political parties serve a number of important functions in representative democracies.Connecting citizens to government is perhaps the most important one.This is how parties were traditionally conceived, and it continues to be the main standard according to which their legitimacy as representative institutions is evaluated.1 Intra-party democracy is instrumental in establishing and sustaining this connection between society and government.Internally democratic parties empower the members on the ground, who have privileged access to the demands of the constituents, and provide them with opportunities to channel these demands into policy decisions.

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