The Politics of Party Leadership: A Cross-National Perspective (Comparative Politics)

Making Use Of A Unique Data Set That Includes More Than 1000 Leadership Elections From Over 100 Parties In 14 Countries Over An Almost 50 Year Period, This Volume Provides The First Comprehensive, Comparative Examination Of How Parties Choose Their Leaders And The Impact Of The Different Decisions They Make In This Regard. Among The Issues Examined Are How Leaders Are Chosen, The Factors That Result In Parties Changing Their Selection Rules, How The Rules Affect The Competitiveness Of Leadership Elections, The Types Of Leaders Chosen, The Impact Of Leadership Transition On Electoral Outcomes, The Factors Affecting The Length Of Leadership Tenures, And How Leadership Tenures Come To An End. This Volume Is Situated In The Literature On Intra-party Decision Making And Party Organizational Reform And Makes Unique And Important Contributions To Our Understanding Of These Areas. The Analysis Includes Parties In Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Norway, And The United Kingdom. Comparative Politics Is A Series For Students, Teachers, And Researchers Of Political Science That Deals With Contemporary Government And Politics. Global In Scope, Books In The Series Are Characterised By A Stress On Comparative Analysis And Strong Methodological Rigour. The Series Is Published In Association With The European Consortium For Political Research. For More Information Visit: Www.ecprnet.eu.-- Uncovering The Politics Of Party Leadership : A Cross-national Perspective / Jean-benoit Pilet And William P. Cross -- Leadership Selection Methods And Party Types / Marco Lisi, André Freire, And Oscar Barberà -- Explaining Change In Party Leadership Selection Rules / Mihail Chiru [and Others] -- Competitiveness Of Party Leadership Selection Processes / Ofer Kenig, Gideon Rahat, And Or Tuttnauer -- Electing Women As Party Leaders : Does The Selectorate Matter? / Bram Wauters And Jean-benoit Pilet -- Understanding Leadership Profile Renewal / Giulia Sandri, Antonella Seddone, And Fulvio Venturino -- Why Some Leaders Die Hard (and Others Don't) : Party Goals, Party Institutions, And How They Interact / Laurenz Ennser-jedenastik And Gijs Schumacher -- The End Of The Affair : A Comparative Study Of How Party Leadership Terms End / Oliver Gruber [and Others] -- Do Leadership Changes Improve Electoral Performance? / Helene Helboe Pedersen And Gijs Schumacher -- Parties, Leadership Selection, And Intra-party Democracy / William P. Cross And Jean-benoit Pilet. Edited By William Cross And, Jean-benoît Pilet. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Making use of a unique data set that includes more than 1000 leadership elections from over 100 parties in 14 countries over an almost 50 year period, this volume provides the first comprehensive, comparative examination of how parties choose their leaders and the impact of the different decisions they make in this regard. Among the issues examined are how leaders are chosen, the factors that result in parties changing their selection rules, how the rules affect the competitiveness of leadership elections, the types of leaders chosen, the impact of leadership transition on electoral outcomes, the factors affecting the length of leadership tenures, and how leadership tenures come to an endThis volume is situated in the literature on intra-party decision making and party organizational reform and makes unique and important contributions to our understanding of these areas. The analysis includes parties in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Norway, and the United Kingdom.__Comparative Politics__ "Making use of a unique data set that includes more than 1000 leadership elections from over 100 parties in 14 countries over an almost 50 year period, this volume provides a comprehensive, comparative examination of how parties choose their leaders and the impact of the different decisions they make in this regard."--Jaquette