Inner democracy in the case of Serbian political parties in the period 2000-2006

Abstract

In this article author intends to offer the way how to measure the degree of inner democracy in Serbian political parties. This could be realized with reference to six indicators as follows: toleration of inner fractions, autonomy of local party representatives, legislation and way of election of party leaders, nomination of candidates for public offices, relation between the party and its parliamentary group and party’s horizontal structure. Every indicator is ranged with marks from 1 to 3. Aim of the work is to construct the index suitable for comparation of inner democracy of political parties in the single party system as well as within various party systems.

Keywords

• party
• democracy
• leaders
• elections
• parliamentary group