%0 Journal Article %T El grado de participaci¨®n y decisi¨®n de los afiliados en los partidos pol¨ªticos: un estudio comparativo entre el Partido Popular y el Partido Socialista Obrero Espa£¿ol %A S¨¢nchez Medero %A Gema %J Argos %D 2011 %I Universidad Sim¨®n Bol¨ªvar %X and is is clear that members have become less important for political parties, to the point that every time they have less capacity to influence and participate in political organizations in wich militate. and that although there are many legal regulations call for internal democracy in these organizations. therefore, throughout this article we assess the degree of internal democracy that prevails in the two major spanish parties, the pp and psoe, and that is why we have dedicated to analyzing the capacity of members to intervene in all spaces in which important decisions are taken for parties. this way we can find out if the militants can truly participate in determining the direction and activities of their parties, or even, they can vary the decision being taken in the executive bodies of the same. %K internal democracy %K affiliates %K pp %K psoe %K ownership and participation. %U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0254-16372011000200004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en