The promise and challenge of party primary elections : a comparative perspective /
Cross, William P. 1962-
The promise and challenge of party primary elections : a comparative perspective / William Cross, Ofer Kenig, Scott Pruysers, and Gideon Rahat. - Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (257 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1.Primary Elections: A Definition and Typology -- 2.The Spread of Primaries -- 3.Party Primaries in Canada and Israel -- 4.Rule-Making and the Administration of Party Primaries -- 5.Who Selects? Defining the Primary Selectorate -- 6.Primary Campaigns and Their Outcomes -- 7.Financing Primary Elections -- 8.Party Primaries: The Path Forward.
"Political Parties use numerous terms, such as party, "primaries", "one-member-one-vote" contests, party "plebiscites" and "community pre-selections" to describe their system of electing leadership. Likewise, their election processes differ just as much: some parties invite all interested citizens to participate, others impose a membership requirement, others require prior party activism, and still others choose to share the voting authority among different party constituents through a complicated "electoral college" process. In The Promise and Challenge of Party Primary Elections: A Comparative Perspective the authors construct a meaningful comparative study of these party contests both within and across different party systems. The authors focus their attention on the party primaries of two relatively early adopters of primary elections: Canada and Israel. Through these case studies the benefits and challenges of organizing primaries in a fair and efficient manner are considered in depth."--
9780773548558
20169046494 can
(AMICUS)000044588546
Political parties--Canada--Case studies.
Political parties--Israel--Case studies.
Primaries--Canada--Case studies.
Primaries--Israel--Case studies.
Comparative government--Case studies.
Electronic Books.
JL195 / .P766 2016
The promise and challenge of party primary elections : a comparative perspective / William Cross, Ofer Kenig, Scott Pruysers, and Gideon Rahat. - Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (257 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1.Primary Elections: A Definition and Typology -- 2.The Spread of Primaries -- 3.Party Primaries in Canada and Israel -- 4.Rule-Making and the Administration of Party Primaries -- 5.Who Selects? Defining the Primary Selectorate -- 6.Primary Campaigns and Their Outcomes -- 7.Financing Primary Elections -- 8.Party Primaries: The Path Forward.
"Political Parties use numerous terms, such as party, "primaries", "one-member-one-vote" contests, party "plebiscites" and "community pre-selections" to describe their system of electing leadership. Likewise, their election processes differ just as much: some parties invite all interested citizens to participate, others impose a membership requirement, others require prior party activism, and still others choose to share the voting authority among different party constituents through a complicated "electoral college" process. In The Promise and Challenge of Party Primary Elections: A Comparative Perspective the authors construct a meaningful comparative study of these party contests both within and across different party systems. The authors focus their attention on the party primaries of two relatively early adopters of primary elections: Canada and Israel. Through these case studies the benefits and challenges of organizing primaries in a fair and efficient manner are considered in depth."--
9780773548558
20169046494 can
(AMICUS)000044588546
Political parties--Canada--Case studies.
Political parties--Israel--Case studies.
Primaries--Canada--Case studies.
Primaries--Israel--Case studies.
Comparative government--Case studies.
Electronic Books.
JL195 / .P766 2016