The democratisation of party leadership selection: The Portuguese experience

Portuguese Journal of Social Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-149

  Lisi, Marco ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS SOCIAIS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Intra party democracy; Leadership selection; Party change; Party leaders; Political parties; Portugal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864738337     PISSN: 1476413X     EISSN: 17589509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1386/pjss.9.2.127_1     Document Type: Article

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52. Lisi, M. (2010), ’The democratisation of party leadership selection: The Portuguese experience’, Portuguese Journal of Social Science 9: 2, pp. 127-149, doi: 10.1386/pjss.9.2.127_1