Who selects the party leader?

Party Politics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 127-150

  Cross, William ^a   Blais, André ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

intra party democracy; party leaders; party members; party organizational change; political parties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857467415     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068810382935     Document Type: Article

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