The Selection of Political Party Leaders in Contemporary Parliamentary Democracies: A Comparative Study (Routledge Research on Social and Political Elites)

Synopsis

This book explores the ways in which political parties, in contemporary parliamentary democracies, choose their leaders and then subsequently hold them accountable. The authors provide a comprehensive examination of party leadership selection and accountability both through examination of parties and countries in different institutional settings and through a holistic analysis of the role of party leaders and the methods through which they assume, and exit, the office. The collection includes essays on Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Norway and the United Kingdom which have important differences in their party systems, their degree of democratization, the role assigned to party leaders and their methods of leadership selection. Each country examination provides significant data relating to party rules and norms of leadership selection, leadership tenures and leadership contests. The book concludes with a chapter that merges the country data analyses to provide a truly comparative examination of the theoretical questions underlying the volume. This book will be of strong interest to students and scholars of legislative studies, elections, democracy, political parties, party systems, political elites and comparative politics.

Copyright:

2014

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781317929444

Related ISBNs:

9781315856025, 9781138187573, 9781138187573, 9780415704168, 9780415704168

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

02/08/20

Copyrighted By:

Jean-Benoit Pilet and William P. Cross

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Politics and Government

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Jean-Benoit Pilet

Edited by:

William Cross