The adoption of membership votes for choosing party leaders: The experience of Canadian parties

Party Politics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 211-224

  Carty, R K ^a   Blake, Donald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian parties; Leadership selection; Party democracy; Party members

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039842876     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068899005002005     Document Type: Article

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