Democratising Conservative Leadership Selection: From Grey Suits to Grass Roots

by Kieron O'Hara, Andrew Denham, Kevin Hickson, et al.

Book Overview

Democratising Conservative leadership selection traces the effects of democracy on the British Conservative Party, specifically looking at how changes in the ways the Conservatives elect their leaders have altered their mandate to lead.

The book includes analysis of the original undemocratic 'system' whereby a leader 'emerged' from a shadowy process of consultation, and of the six elections between 1965 and 1997 where the parliamentary Conservative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719078180
• ISBN13: 9780719078187
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"