Staying connected: explaining parties’ enduring connections to civil society

Figures & data

Table 1. Explaining variation in connective density.

IV’s	Model 1 Intra-party democracy	Model 2 Party trajectory	Model 3 Ideology	Model 4 Full model
Intra-party democracy
Centralisation	–.136** (.062)	–	–	–.012 (.058)
Candidate selection	.049* (.027)	–	–	–.007 (.027)
Party age (standardised)	–	.048 (.032)	–	.034 (.031)
Social movement origin	–	.093* (.053)	–	–.017 (063)
Office-seeking	–	–.045 (.083)	–	–.104 (.084)
Policy-seeking	–	.116 (.072)	–	–.036 (.080)
Government experience	–	.193*** (.069)	–	.211*** (.073)
Ideology (ref centre-right)
Radical right	–	–	–.358*** (.059)	–.166* (.090)
Centre-left	–	–	.199*** (.048)	.255*** (.065)
Radical left	–	–	.247*** (.059)	.371*** (.081)
Constant	.935	.930	1.06	.955
Within-country R^2	.076	.1015	.310	.327
N	191	227	235	190

* p < .1.

** p < .05.

*** p <.01, two sided.

Figure 1. Adjusted predictions of party ideology and government experience.