Politics at the Centre: The Selection and Removal of Party Leaders in the Anglo Parliamentary Democracies

by André Blais and William P. Cross

Book Overview

Politics at the Centre is a comparative study of the rules, norms and behaviour surrounding political party leadership. The primary analysis includes 25 parties in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom from 1965 onwards. The topics covered include methods of leadership selection and removal and the nature of leadership politics. The themes of the book include intra party democracy, with an emphasis on the relative roles of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199596727
• ISBN13: 9780199596720
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"