The Selection of Political Party Leaders in Contemporary Parliamentary Democracies - A Comparative Study (Hardcover, New)

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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Research on Social and Political Elites
Release date:	December 2013
First published:	2014
Editors:	Jean-Benoit Pilet • William Cross
Dimensions:	239 x 162 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	266
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-70416-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Comparative politics Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Political leaders & leadership
LSN:	0-415-70416-2
Barcode:	9780415704168

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