Party Primaries in Comparative Perspective
1st Edition
Published on 11. September 2015
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-1-4724-5038-8 (ISBN)
Description
Primary elections for choosing party leaders and candidates are now becoming commonplace in Europe, Asia and America but questions as to how much they hinder a party's organizational strength and cohesion or affect electoral performance have largely been ignored outside of the USA. Party Primaries in Comparative Perspective gives a much-needed conceptualization to this topic, describing the function and nature of primary elections and providing a comparative analytical framework to the impact of primaries on the internal and external functioning of political parties. Elaborating on the analytical tools developed to study the US experience this framework engages with primary elections in Europe and Asia offering a theoretical, comparative and empirical account of the emergence of party primaries and an invaluable guide to internal electoral processes and their impact.
Reviews / Votes
'This book offers useful observations about why many parties in parliamentary democracies have been adopting or expanding their use of primaries, and about why and how this change may matter. Several chapters helpfully explore differences between primaries for selecting legislative candidates and those for selecting party leaders.' Susan Scarrow, University of Houston, USA 'This book represents a valuable attempt to think through the concept of the primary election, and to analyse the empirical reasons for, and the consequences of, its adoption by political parties. Given the spread of primaries to parties beyond the USA specifically and presidential systems more generally, this book is a timely and very useful addition to the comparative literature on party politics.' Paul Webb, University of Sussex, UKMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4724-5038-8 (9781472450388)
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Party Primaries in Comparative Perspective
E-Book
03/2016
Routledge
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Persons
Giulia Sandri is Assistant Professor at the European School of Political and Social Sciences of the Catholic University of Lille. Antonella Seddone is currently Research Fellow at the University of Cagliari and she is lecturer in Opinion polls and Public Opinion at the Department of Culture, Politics and Society of the University of Turin. Fulvio Venturino is currently Associate Professor at the University of Cagliari and was previously a Research Fellow at the University of Genoa.
Content
Chapter 1 Introduction, GiuliaSandri, AntonellaSeddone; Chapter 2 Leadership Selection versus Candidate Selection, OferKenig, GideonRahat, Reuven Y.Hazan; Chapter 3 The American Experience of Primary Elections in Comparative Perspective, AlanWare; Chapter 4 Democratising Party Leadership Selection in Spain and Portugal, OscarBarbera, MarcoLisi, Juan RodriguezTeruel; Chapter 5 Democratising Party Leadership Selection in Belgium and Israel, BramWauters, GideonRahat, OferKenig; Chapter 6 Democratising Party Leadership Selection in Japan and Taiwan, YoheiNarita, RyoNakai, KeiichiKubo; Chapter 7 Democratising Candidate Selection in Italy and France, MarinoDe Luca, FulvioVenturino; Chapter 8 Democratising Candidate Selection in Romania and Slovakia, SergiuGherghina, PeterSpa?; Chapter 9 Democratising Candidate Selection in Iceland, Indridi H.Indri?ason, GunnarHelgi Kristinsson; Chapter 10 Conclusion, GiuliaSandri, AntonellaSeddone, FulvioVenturino;