His talk revolved around the question of how power is distributed within the Pirate Party is, and whether the party itself might have. I try to summarize first Schlömer points and then take interesting ideas from the debate
Schömer lecture.:
1) definition of power
Schloemer was referring to known definitions in the dictionaries : "Power is the ability of a person or organization, their goals _gegen Widerstände_ enforce. power is the social organization of social life, and therefore is inherently neither good nor bad, on the contrary, they may well be regarded as socially necessary. power always means also that there is someone who gives in and put up power can be. Therefore power is always a need for interaction between people or relationships to each other.
[...] 2) forms of power in the Pirate Party
Schloemer reported here from his experiences and observations from two years of his party leadership. The tried doing a typology of power types develop: a) The process powerful
These are people who the party law, the statutes and regulations to know by heart and power to enforce "due process" . Legal norms, standards expertise can be exploited. Some will be lifted but also actual or alleged pirates special standards or procedures. Schloemer reported that he had never in a voluntary organization was active, where there were so many people who have taken such meticulous attention to meeting standards.
particular, the process may well decide to my mighty well, who in the party one who does not. Exclusion procedures and processes charge before the tribunal, the party atmosphere.
b) The citation
Schloemer Although she has only mentioned in passing, and not as a separate group, but I do not want to be swept under the carpet. One type of exercise of power is probably to make use of the power of the written word. This particular old forum posts or quotes from mailing lists or Twitter messages, quoted by up to infinity rumgeritten it.
c) be familiar with the prompter
The prompter or Whissel-Blower in the party no secrets and continue to tell everything. Either directly, via SMS or e-mail or on the Twitter. The prompter is a very powerful group. Addition, the many channels of communication to influence public opinion too often superficial. Prompter often work only reactive than reactive. They often play the wise guy improve even the smallest mistake. And work the prompter only in writing, or even never occur to face the responsibility.
d) The power possessed
These people want the board and dream of sitting in the parliament or Bundestag. You sit up front, they check constantly to speak, they give speeches. But often they have no power within the party because they are completely isolated and they lack any relationship to other pirates.
3) The power of the Pirate Party (PP)
Schloemer is of the view that the Pirate Party had Mach before, namely in the election year 2009, as she stood in the center of intense reporting and built up with the surprisingly good election result of almost 2 percent and severe pressure on the FDP. As a result, the suspension of the law to block child pornography was interspersed in the coalition agreement.
the PP could also position new topics in politics. Network policy (see Enquete Commission of the Bundestag for the "Digital Society") or the big fuss about data protection in all its forms can be traced back to it. Also, the PP has by far the best target group-oriented campaign on the Web and are thus at the head of the German Part One.
3) The faint - abstinence from relationships
here referred Schloemer strong a current publication of political science " Journal of Parliamentary Affairs " (1 / 2011) . or, more precisely to the article "conditions for success of new parties, examined was proved by the Pirate Party" (co-written songs only, may vary slightly)
the party regardless of the communication and interaction is missing - despite all the new means of communication. Members of the PP have the feeling are not listened to, which leads to a feeling of powerlessness.
4) Without power in the party?
In addition, the treasurer cited a political science internationally accepted scale of party success. Level 1 - the successful application for election. Step 2 - the influence of debate. Level 3 - entry into parliament. Stage 4 - Assessment of other parties to be coalitions. Stage 5 - actual participation in a government. According Schloemer the PP remains in Stage 2 This is all the more astonishing than the conditions for the success of the PP actually given are: target group-oriented approach and a significant knowledge advantage
5) The deficit analysis
- the PP. dominated their interen debates not
- The PP lacks a speech and decision-making center
- Other parties make their political staffs better INHAT work
- the legal conditions for small parties are still difficult
- The PP lacks a professional approach with finances
- Other parties take our core themes of the hand, subjects expansion therefore necessary
Further debate was
Below I listed some interesting points from the debate. Since I could not always assign the person, I have therefore waived this requirement:
- Rapid communication the Pirate Party has a downside. Often it remains (as in Twitter) is superficial and often reflects little about the contents of a message. So to are often simply destructive discussions, which borders on bullying, which some also move to the exit.
. Criticized - the complexity of the pirates was media: countless podcasts, wikis, forums, mailing lists, Twitter, Facebook and more. Hesse has been a special rapporteur to consider the local party members about the current internal party debates to date. Schloemer suggested that in future the Board should determine what debate should be conducted where. This then facilitates the orientation for party members.
. - also subject: Spread The Federal Executive shall be relieved , more (administrative) tasks to volunteers will also enable the Archive National Board more on the real - could focus the business of politics. There, some members were missing something. Schloemer acknowledges here a failure. Future board members should have the following characteristics: leadership skills, "" capable of making decisions, "" Verantworungsfähig.
. - was also interesting, what about Schloemer said power within the Board .
- Basically, there were hardly any power. For each step of the Executive Board is monitored extremely critical of the party base.
- Board member who had power, would have the money. Each year, he estimated cost him his membership of about 4,000 €, which he can not settle (otherwise the protest would be too large). Positive he referred to the party leader Jens Seipenbusch, which, while constantly go for the PP throughout Germany, but to date not a single trip expense report filed. Two members of the Board would last almost feather his personal bankruptcy.
- . In addition, those had more power, which could more (working) time to invest. Board member confirmed this flat hair. As he studies and job between 4 months time, he could "pump iron by" full. The non-payment of directors makes this technically makes the same against the party members (because the board could do very well each day just after the regular bread earning something), but unequal to each other (if, for example, students or unemployed are enabled).
. was discussed - also about the lack of expression and decision-making center . This could be the future Liquid feedback. It lacks, however, first, the AGs who post their ideas there, and second, that the Board's successful positions takes it and makes qua decision on the official position of the party. In a further step, this position would then quickly and communicated convincingly to the outside.
. - Schloemer himself was the one who wished the Board more " political leadership." Meant it was not the enforcement of hierarchical Parti clear interest of the Board, but rather the adoption of political positions from the party (or something like LQFB AGs). These items must be accompanied by a development strategy in the focus of the next Board.
. - In this context, also said that the substantive, political work of the PP too short come. The (often good) work of AGs find no response to the Board and only partially at the national party. There is no accountability in the groups of one essence. Does not criticize in principle it is negative, the distributed "free" character, but the lack of compaction of the debates actually tunable positions. The WG coordinator struggled but very probably it.
. - A common theme raised was "lack of professionalism ", especially in administrative procedures. The PP is now with its 16 regional associations with a larger organization. Still to this day still reign chaos, there are no clear management structures. New members are not properly welcomed or imported. AGs were not properly care. Much work would be lost. One discussant said that the PP is not a "hands-party" but a "power but even" party. He feels left alone. It was then referred to the new, decentralized, "virtual office", which only just beginning their work. The welcome of new members was the task of national associations and Festangstellte in an office could lead to encrustation and blockage of processes.
. - A pirate said it lacked money to have a campaign. The Treasurer corrected this as the latest on 11 February 2011, funding of political parties to fill the accounts of the pirates am.
praised Finally, many pirates constructive debate in online chat and the dialogue of the Bureau with the pirate base was welcomed.
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