The Politics of Party Leadership

William Cross is Professor and Bell Chair in Parliamentary Democracy at Carleton University in Ottawa Canada. His research focuses on questions relating to democratic institutions and particularly party organization and intra-party democracy. Recent publications include The Challenges of Intra-party Democracy with Richard Katz (Oxford 2013) and Politics at the Centre: the Selection of Party Leaders in the Anglo Parliamentary Democracies with Andre Blais (Oxford 2012), the latter of which received the Donald Smiley Prize from the Canadian PSA for best book in the area of Canadian government and politics.Jean-Benoit Pilet is Professor in political science at Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). His work focuses mostly on elections, electoral systems, political parties, and Belgian politics. He has recently co-edited with William Cross The Selection of Political Party Leaders in Contemporary Democracies (Routledge, 2014). Jean-Benoit Pilet is also the author or co-author of several articles published in journals such as Electoral Studies, Party Politics, European Journal of Political Research, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, Representation, West European Politics or Comparative European Politics.

• 1. Uncovering the Politics of Party Leadership: A Cross-National Perspective ; 2. Leadership Selection Methods and Party Types ; 3. Explaining Change in Party Leadership Selection Rules ; 4. Competitiveness of Party Leadership Selection Processes ; 5. Electing Women as Party Leaders: Does the Selectorate Matter? ; 6. Understanding Leadership Profile Renewal ; 7. Why Some Leaders Die Hard (and Others Don't): Party Goals, Party Institutions and How They Interact ; 8. The End of the Affair: A Comparative Study of How Party Leadership Terms End ; 9. Do Leadership Changes Improve Electoral Performance? ; 10. Parties, Leadership Selection and Intra-Party Democracy

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