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Party leaders and their selection rules in Western Europe / Bruno Marino.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Marino, Bruno (Political scientist), author.
Contributor:
Taylor & Francis eBooks.
Series:
Routledge studies on political parties and party systems
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Political leadership--Europe, Western.
Political leadership.
Political parties--Europe, Western.
Political parties.
Western Europe.
Physical Description:
1 online resource : illustrations.
Place of Publication:
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
System Details:
text file
Contents:
List of tables
List of figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction: two takes, two stories
Chapter 1
leaders and parties in Western Europe
Party decline and the rise of party leaders
The focus on party leader selection rules
Limits and insights of existing studies
Party change, the personalisation of politics, and openings in party leader selection rules
Conclusions
Chapter 2
setting the ground: the opening of party leader selection rules
The dependent variable: party leader selectorate
Time and space: the case selection and the features of the party leader selectorates
The research question and the general framework of analysis
Chapter 3
the internal and external factors
The leadership change
The membership decline
The personalisation of politics (1): leaders' control of party organisations
Party family
The electoral setback
The opposition status
The contagion effect
The personalisation of politics (2): a general effect
Chapter 4
explaining openings in party leader selection rules
The empirical analysis
A first discussion of the insights from the analysis
Chapter 5
the PCI-PDS: the strength of ideology
Communist ideology and practices in the PCI
Leader selection in the PCI (and the early PDS): from Natta to Occhetto
The connection between the PCI and the PDS
The missed opening of the leader selectorate in the PDS in 1994
Ideology strikes back: the victory of D'Alema against Veltroni in 1994
Chapter 6
the Northern League: the consequences of intra-party divisions
The Northern League under Umberto Bossi
The 2012 events: the old guard passes the baton, or does not?
A divided party, a weaker leadership: the Northern League in 2013
The opening of the selectorate in the Northern League in 2013
The historical party leader and the rising star: Bossi vs Salvini in 2013
Conclusions: new opportunities for leaders and parties?
Appendix A
list of countries and parties
Appendix B
specifications on variables' operationalization.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 28, 2021).
Other Format:
Print version: Marino, Bruno. Party leaders and their selection rules in Western Europe
ISBN:
9781003142218
1003142214
9781000436563
100043656X
9781000436532
1000436535
Publisher Number:
40030873174
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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