Party Member Survey, 2009

This data wasa collected for the project "Political Parties and Democracy: Decline or Change?" The aim of "Political Parties and Democracy: Decline or Change?" is to illustrate various aspects of party policy development, which can give us new and improved knowledge about challenges and the behavious concerning democracy and the parties in the 21st century. We are particularly interested in the dynamics of the relationship between voters, party members, candidates and political leadership, with regard to public opinion formation, policy development as well as recruitment for public office at the national level. Another main subject is the parties' development as arenas for political participation. The project has therefore in the spring of 2009 conducted two separate surveys among the seven largest parties in Norway; one with party congress delegates in spring 2009 and one with a representative sample of party members.