Leaders, Factions and the Game of Intra-Party Politics

ISBN-13: 9781032178226 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 228 str.

Andrea Ceron

Opis

The book provides a comprehensive view on the internal life of parties and investigates the dynamics of intra-party politics in different party environments to explain in which circumstances the party leader is more or less bound by the wills of party factions.

Spis treści

1. The Game of Intra-Party Politics  2. Factional Preferences in Italy, France and Germany  3. The Determinants of Factionalism  4. Bounded Oligarchy: Leaders, Factions and the Selection of Party Platform  5. Portfolio Allocation among Party Factions  6. The Politics of Fission: Party Splits in Italy, France and Germany  7. Intra-Party Conflict and the Survival of Party Leaders  8. Conclusion

O autorze

Andrea Ceron is Assistant Professor at the Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan, Italy.