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Choosing a Leader

Party Leadership Contests in Britain from Macmillan to Blair

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  • © 1996

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  1. Leonard P. Stark
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Leonard P. Stark
    Pages 1-9

  3. Conservatives

    • Leonard P. Stark
    Pages 10-35

  4. Labour

    • Leonard P. Stark
    Pages 36-66

  5. Third Parties

    • Leonard P. Stark
    Pages 67-80

  6. Candidates

    • Leonard P. Stark
    Pages 81-105

  7. Campaigns

    • Leonard P. Stark
    Pages 106-123

  8. Outcomes

    • Leonard P. Stark
    Pages 124-140

  9. Impact

    • Leonard P. Stark
    Pages 141-162

  10. A ‘Silly Season Story’?

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    Pages 163-166

  11. Postscript: Put Up and Shut Up

    • Leonard P. Stark
    Pages 167-172

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 173-246
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This fascinating study contains important new information and original insights into a poorly-understood political phenomenon: contests for party leadership. It describes, in far greater detail than has appeared before, the frequently bitter struggles over leadership selection which have plagued the Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Social Democratic, and Liberal Democrat parties. Based on extensive interviewing with former party leaders, and careful analysis of leadership contests in each party, the book concludes that leadership selection rules rarely affect who stands for party leadership or who wins the contests.

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LEONARD P. STARK

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