Party Leaders and their Selection Rules in Western Europe Routledge Studies on Political Parties and Party Systems Series
Auteur : Marino Bruno
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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.
Presenting a novel and revealing theoretical and empirical framework, it tackles the impact of party change and the personalisation of politics, specifically using data coming from the first expert survey on the personalisation of politics in Western Europe; the PoPES. A quantitative analysis is paired with more in-depth explorations of two Italian parties (the Italian Communist Party - Democratic Party of the Left; the Northern League) and the (missed) opening of their leader selectorate. This book highlights the critical importance of studying party leader selection rules against the backdrop of allegedly declining parties and rising party leaders and concludes by placing its findings in a broader discussion about the future of Western European party leaders.
This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of political parties and party systems, leadership, political elites, elections, democracy, and more widely of Western European politics and comparative politics.
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
Bruno Marino is a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Bologna, Italy.
Date de parution : 05-2023
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 09-2021
15.6x23.4 cm
Thème de Party Leaders and their Selection Rules in Western Europe :
Mots-clés :
Party Leader Selection; party leaders; Party Leader Selectorate; party politics; Leader Selection; comparative politics; Party; party change; Political Parties; personalisation of politics; Electoral Setback; Western Europe; Vice Versa; electoral; Membership Decline; Pci-Pds; PCE; Agnostic; Intra-party Factors; PDS; Party Leader; La Padania; Matteo Salvini; Northern League; Pci Leader; Intra-party Divisions; Wider Selectorate; German PDS; Party Size; Alessandro Natta; Cento Bull; Party MPs