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@article{38774,
   author = {Hloušek, Vít and Kopeček, Lubomír},
   article_location = {Praha},
   article_number = {1},
   keywords = {Internal party organisation; Intra-party democracy; Andrej Babiš; ANO; Entrepreneurial party},
   language = {eng},
   issn = {1801-3422},
   journal = {Politics in Central Europe},
   title = {How to run an efficient political machine : the billionaire Andrej Babiš and his political-business project},
   url = {https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/pce/15/1/article-p35.xml},
   volume = {15},
   year = {2019}
}

TY  - JOUR
ID  - 38774
AU  - Hloušek, Vít - Kopeček, Lubomír
PY  - 2019
TI  - How to run an efficient political machine : the billionaire Andrej Babiš and his political-business project
JF  - Politics in Central Europe
VL  - 15
IS  - 1
SP  - 35-54
EP  - 35-54
PB  - Metropolitan University Prague, o.p.s.
SN  - 1801-3422
KW  - Internal party organisation
KW  - Intra-party democracy
KW  - Andrej Babiš
KW  - ANO
KW  - Entrepreneurial party
UR  - https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/pce/15/1/article-p35.xml
N2  - This paper contributes to the debate on entrepreneurial parties with the empirical example of the Czech ANO party. The authors focus on selected aspects of the internal organisation and functioning of the party, emphasising the points where business methods and practices are transferred to the environment of party politics. The empirical part shows how the leader has built loyalty inside the party, and analyses its methods of control and coercion that are similar to the human resources recruitment techniques used in businesses. The authors investigate such matters as the vetting of candidates for public offices, the significant barriers created against those wishing to join the party and the party leadership’s strict control over membership. The article also describes the development of ANO’s electoral-professional services and the creation of mass media support. In conclusion, the authors discuss the broader future for the internal workings of entrepreneurial parties – including their lack of intra-party democracy – and their relationship with the changing landscape of contemporary party politics.
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HLOUŠEK, Vít and Lubomír KOPEČEK. How to run an efficient political machine : the billionaire Andrej Babiš and his political-business project. \textit{Politics in Central Europe}. Praha: Metropolitan University Prague, o.p.s., 2019, vol.~15, No~1, p.~35-54. ISSN~1801-3422.