Party Leaders and their Selection Rules in Western Europe

ISBN-13: 9780367695439 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 176 str.

Bruno Marino

Opis

This book analyses the determinants behind the openings in party leader selection rules (leaders' selectorate) in 10 Western European countries and more than 55 parties between the mid-1980s and the mid-2010s.

Spis treści

Introduction: Two takes, two stories  1. Leaders and parties in Western Europe  2. Setting the ground: the opening of party leader selection rules  3. The internal and external factors  4. Explaining openings in party leader selection rules  5. The PCI-PDS: the strength of ideology  6. The Northern League: the consequences of intra-party divisions.  Conclusions: party leaders, representation, and power

O autorze

Bruno Marino is a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Bologna, Italy.