The promise and challenge of party primary elections : a comparative perspective / William Cross, Ofer Kenig, Scott Pruysers, and Gideon Rahat.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cross, William P. (William Paul), 1962- author.

Rahaṭ, Gidʻon, author.

Kenig, Ofer, 1971- author.

Pruysers, Scott, 1985- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--Canada--Case studies.

Political parties.

Political parties--Israel--Case studies.

Primaries--Canada--Case studies.

Primaries.

Primaries--Israel--Case studies.

Comparative government--Case studies.

Comparative government.

Canada.

Israel.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

241 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2016.

Summary:

"Political Parties use numerous terms, such as party, "primaries", "one-member-one-vote" contests, party "plebiscites" and "community pre-selections" to describe their system of electing leadership. Likewise, their election processes differ just as much: some parties invite all interested citizens to participate, others impose a membership requirement, others require prior party activism, and still others choose to share the voting authority among different party constituents through a complicated "electoral college" process. In The Promise and Challenge of Party Primary Elections: A Comparative Perspective the authors construct a meaningful comparative study of these party contests both within and across different party systems. The authors focus their attention on the party primaries of two relatively early adopters of primary elections: Canada and Israel. Through these case studies the benefits and challenges of organizing primaries in a fair and efficient manner are considered in depth."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Primary Elections: A Definition and Typology 15

2 The Spread of Primaries 37

3 Party Primaries in Canada and Israel 57

4 Rule-Making and the Administration of Party Primaries 81

5 Who Selects? Denning the Primary Selectorate 111

6 Primary Campaigns and Their Outcomes 136

7 Financing Primary Elections 160

8 Party Primaries: The Path Forward 179.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Cross, William P. (William Paul), 1962-, author. Promise and challenge of party primary elections.

ISBN:

9780773547971

0773547975

9780773547988

0773547983

OCLC:

948560512