TY - BOOK ID - 11353262 TI - Social Media, Parties, and Political Inequalities AU - Jacobs, Kristof. AU - Spierings, Niels. PY - 2016 SN - 1349572713 1137533897 1137533900 PB - New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Science (General). KW - Political parties KW - Social media KW - Comparative government KW - Political Institutions & Public Administration - General KW - Government - General KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Computer network resources KW - Political aspects KW - Sosiale medier KW - Politiske partier KW - Demokrati KW - Valg KW - Nederland KW - Europa KW - Comparative government. KW - Computer network resources. KW - Political aspects. KW - User-generated media KW - Comparative political systems KW - Comparative politics KW - Government, Comparative KW - Political systems, Comparative KW - Parties, Political KW - Party systems, Political KW - Political party systems KW - Political science KW - Divided government KW - Intra-party disagreements (Political parties) KW - Political conventions KW - Communication KW - User-generated content KW - Netherlands KW - Politics and government. KW - Political science. KW - Democracy. KW - Engineering. KW - Social media. KW - Internet marketing. KW - Political Science. KW - Engineering, general. KW - Social Media. KW - Online Marketing/Social Media. KW - Online marketing KW - Web marketing KW - World Wide Web marketing KW - Electronic commerce KW - Marketing KW - Construction KW - Industrial arts KW - Technology KW - Self-government KW - Equality KW - Representative government and representation KW - Republics KW - Administration KW - Civil government KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Government KW - Political theory KW - Political thought KW - Politics KW - Science, Political KW - Social sciences KW - State, The UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:11353262 AB - This book examines how social media have transformed politics in established democracies. Specifically, the authors examine the influence of the unique qualities of social media on the power balance between and within parties. They present a general theory as well as an in-depth case study of the Netherlands and compare it to the US and European democracies. The authors show how and why social media's introduction leads to equalization for some and normalization for others. Additional to national politics, Jacobs and Spierings investigate often-overlooked topics such as local and European politics and the impact on women and ethnic minorities. ER -