Democratising Conservative Leadership Selection

Andrew Denham, Kieron O'Hara

ISBN 10: 0719078180 / ISBN 13: 9780719078187

Verlag: Manchester University Press, GB, 2008

Democratising Conservative leadership selection traces the effects of democracy on the British Conservative Party, specifically looking at how changes in the ways the Conservatives elect their leaders have altered their mandate to lead.The book includes analysis of the original undemocratic 'system' whereby a leader 'emerged' from a shadowy process of consultation, and of the six elections between 1965 and 1997 where the parliamentary Conservative Party alone chose the Party leader. This historical perspective is followed by in-depth analysis of the three contests since 2001 that have taken place under the 'Hague rules', according to which ordinary Party members have the final say. This is the most comprehensive account yet published of the operation of those rules on the Conservative Party and the legitimacy of its leadership, and of the 2005 election of David Cameron.This book will be essential reading for students, academic specialists and anyone interested in the recent history and contemporary practice of British Conservatism. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LU-9780719078187

Inhaltsangabe:

This book looks at how the election of Conservative Party leaders has become more democratic over the last fifty years and how that has affected the Party and the nature of its leadership.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Andrew Denham is Reader in Government, University of Nottingham. Kieron O'Hara is Senior Research Fellow in the School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, and a Fellow of the Web Science Research Initiative

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Democratising Conservative Leadership ...
Verlag: Manchester University Press, GB
Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: New