Electoral Defeat and Party Change

Anna Pacześniak is Professor of Political Science at the University of Wrocław, Poland. Maciej Bachryj-Krzywaźnia is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Wrocław, Poland. Małgorzata Kaczorowska is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Warsaw, Poland.

• Introduction.-Chapter 1. Theoretical and methodological framework.- Chapter 2. The loser has to fall : party leadership after electoral defeat.- Chapter 3. The bigger wound the smaller bandage - revisions of the programme discourse.- Chapter 4. Abandoning a sinking ship (?): party membership change.- Chapter 5. The story of electoral defeat – how subjective experience shapes party change.- Political parties after a defeat: retouch instead of makeover - conclusions.