Cleavages, Representation and Intra-Party Dynamics

Abstract

This panel examines how evolving social and political cleavages are translated into (or blocked from) political representation through the internal organization and conflicts of parties. By linking cleavage politics, party organization and intra party struggles, the panel asks when parties successfully incorporate emerging societal divisions into representative channels, when internal dynamics distort or mute these voices, and how reforms to party rules and electoral institutions might foster more inclusive and responsive representation in contemporary democracies.

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