Overview
Makes a clear contribution to the study of parties and party leadership
Supports the growing evidence of the rise of the 'personal leader', i.e. with a direct and personal relationship with electors
Documents the frequent career shift of political leaders from party politics to business
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
Keywords
- personalisation of politics
- how party leaders are elected
- lengths of political terms
- ends to political careers
- autonomy of political leaders
- political legitimation
- direct election of party leaders
- party leader influence
- transformation of democracy
- Membership ballots in party leadership elections
- party ideology
- party leader charisma
- Party leaders in democratic institutions
- Electoral support of party leaders
- post-presidency careers
- party politics
- political leaders
- political leadership
- democracy
About this book
This book studies party leaders from selection to post-presidency. Based on data covering a large set of Western countries, and focusing on the trends of personalisation of politics, the volume is one of the first empirical investigations into how party leaders are elected, how long they stay in office, and whether they enter and guide democratic governments. It also provides novel data on how leaders end their career in a broad and diverse range of business activities. Topics covered include political leaders’ increasing autonomy, their reinforcement of popular legitimation, often through the introduction of direct election by party rank and file, and their grip on party organization. The book will appeal to students and scholars interested in political parties, political leadership, the transformation of democracy, and comparative politics.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Fortunato Musella is Professor of Political Science at the University of Naples Federico II, Italy, and Professor of Political Concepts for the PhD courses of the Scuola Normale Superiore. His publications include the books Governi Monocratici: La Svolta Presidenziale Nelle Regioni Italiane (Monocratic Governments: The Presidential Turn in the Italian Regions, 2009) and Il Premier Diviso: Italia tra Presidenzialismo e Parlamentarismo (The Divided Premier: Italy between Presidentialism and Parliamentarism, 2012).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Political Leaders Beyond Party Politics
Authors: Fortunato Musella
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59348-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-59347-0Published: 11 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86603-1Published: 04 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-59348-7Published: 31 July 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 179
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Leadership, Democracy, Comparative Politics, Electoral Politics