Demo Finland has produced a publication in Finnish presenting the different ways in which Finnish parliamentary parties implement internal democracy. Intra-party democracy in Finland’s political parties (2024) is a summary of that publication, and the aim is to share some of the good practices, spark discussion on intra-party democracy in political parties in other countries and offer tools for peer learning.
Intra-party democracy refers to the rules, practices and procedures through which political parties support and implement the rights and opportunities of their members to participate in the decision-making of the party. This is an important issue because party policies determine how well or poorly the opinions and aspirations of citizens are represented in politics. Political parties are the gatekeepers of democracy.
Download the publication here (opens in a new tab).
A text-only version is available here (opens in a new tab).