low membership
base, weak organization and the low priority assigned to
building up local structures; a high level of dependence on
the state for financial and material resources; together
with a centralized pattern of decision-making alongside a
high level of autonomy given to basic and intermediate
structures on local decisions (Kopecky, 1995; Lewis and
Gortat, 1995; Lewis, 1996; Mair, 1996). As Kopecky (1995:
518) has argued, with reference to the more abstract
contemporary models of party development, the new parties
are more likely to develop along the lines of the catch-all,
electoral-professional or cartel party (Kircheimer, 1966;
Panebianco, 1988; Katz and Mair, 1995) than in line with the
traditional mass party model (Duverger, 1954). An important
caveat is that those parties with their roots in the former
communist parties or their allies (referred to, hereafter,
as the 'successor' parties) are more likely to maintainhelped out at Greener Village for seven years, stocking shelves and preparing food hampers.

Schile stopped volunteering this summer because he disagreed with Crawford-Thurber's firing after she spent three decades building the reach and offerings of the operation.

Clint Schile volunteered at Greener Village for seven years but left after Crawford-Thurber was fired. (CBC News)

Despite inquiries from volunteers, the board of Greener Village, which now consists entirely of members of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, has not revealed why Crawford-Thurber was dismissed.

Alex Boyd, who became interim executive director after Crawford-Thurber was banned from the property on the north side, has not been the energetic presence she was, some volunteers say, and generally keeps to himself in the office.

Volunteers have tried to get information from Boyd about recent changes but without success.

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