Choosing party leaders: Britain's Conservatives and Labour compared
โ Scribed by Andrew Denham; Peter Dorey; Andrew S. Roe-Crines
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 265
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
This rigorous, seminal study of leadership selection in British Politics focuses on the Conservatives and Labour Party to explore the skills needed to be an effective leader over the course of the 20th and into the 21st Century.
โฆ Table of Contents
Front matter
Contents
List of tables
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
Towards the end of the magic circle
A democratic parliamentary Conservative Party
Enfranchising the extra-parliamentary party
From chairman to leader: the selection of Labour leaders by the Parliamentary Labour Party, 1906โ80
From Healey to Miliband: the election of Labour leaders and deputy leaders by the Electoral College
The Labour leadership election(s) of Jeremy Corbyn
Conclusion
References
Index
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