Managing Leader Selection in European Political Parties

Acknowledgments
Praise for Managing Leader Selection in European Political Parties
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Conflicts and Coronations: Analysing Leader Selection in European Political Parties
	Introduction
		How Do Parties Really Choose?
		What We Think We Know
	The Framework
		Delegation
	Our Survey
		Assessing the Results
		Intra-Party Democracy
	References
2 Party Leadership Selection in Estonia: The Long-Lasting Authority of the “Founding Fathers”
	Introduction
	Some Notes on Estonian Politics
	Leader Elections in the Centre Party: Coronations, Insurgencies and the Fall of the “Sacred Man”
	Leader Elections in the Reform Party: The Dominance of the “Back Office”
	Conclusion
	References
3 Finland: Open and Public Contests Between Independent Candidates
	Introduction: Towards More Powerful Party Leaders and Genuine Leader Contests
	The Social Democrats
		The 2014 Selection
	The National Coalition
		The 2014 Selection
	The Greens
		The 2011 Selection
	Conclusions
	Literature
4 The Selection of Party Leaders in Germany
	Introduction
	The Formal Aspects of Party Leadership Selection
	Party Leader Selection: The Smaller Parties
		The AfD
		The Greens
		Die Linke
	Party Leader Selection: The SPD
		From Gabriel to Schulz, 2017
		From Schulz to Nahles, 2017–2018
		From Nahles to Walter-Borjans and Esken, 2019
	Party Leader Selection: The CDU
		From Merkel to Kramp-Karrenbauer, 2018
	Conclusion
	References
5 Understanding How Political Parties In Europe Select Their Leaders: The Italian Case
	Introduction
	Rules on Leadership Selection: An Overview
		Who Are the Italian Party Leaders?
		Rules on Party Leadership Selection
	The Reality of Italian Party Leader Selection
		The League
		The Democratic Party
		The 2017 5Stars Leadership Selection
	Precursory Delegation and Process Management Within Italian Parties
	Conclusions
	References
6 Party Leadership Selection in Latvia: Divergent Practices of Precursory Delegation
	Political System
	Unity
		Leadership Selection in 2017
	National Alliance
		Leadership Selection in 2017
	Farmers Union of Latvia
		Leadership Selection in 2019
	Analysis
	Concluding Observations
	References
7 From Coronation to Bear-Pit: Leadership Selection in the Party Order and Justice
	Introduction
	Context of Lithuanian Party Politics
	From Riches to Rags: Electoral Fortunes of Party Order and Justice
	What’s in a Name? Leader’s Power According to the Party Statute
		What Do the Rules Say? The Official Story of Leadership Selection
	Coronations of Paksas in 2002–2014
	The Battles of 2014 and 2018
		Bear-Pit Contest…to Be Continued
	Conclusions
	References
8 How Political Parties Select Party Leaders in Poland: Party Leaders Decide and Party Members Endorse Their Decisions
	Introduction
	Party System and Parties
		Law and Justice
		Civic Platform of the Republic of Poland
		Polish People’s Party
	Discussion: Comparing and Analysing the Processes
	Conclusions
	References
9 The Rule of the Valberedning? Party Leader Selection in Sweden
	Introduction
	Swedish Parties and Leadership Selection
	Social Democrats 2010–2011
	Green Party 2011
	Liberals 2019
	Discussion: Comparing and Analysing the Processes
	References
10 Steer or No Steer? The Selection of Party Leaders in Britain
	Introduction
	How the Major Party Leaders in the Uk Are Selected
		The Conservatives
		Labour
		Liberal Democrats
	Precursory Delegation and Process Management
		Leadership Selection and the Scope of Leadership Power: Mandates and Constraints
	Summary and Conclusion
	References
11 Patterns in Leader Selection: Where Does Power Lie?
	Introduction
	Phase I: Gatekeeping
	Phase II: Preparation
	Phase III: Decision
	Conclusions and Next Steps
		Categories of Leader Selection
		Where Now?
	References
Index