Political Leadership, Parties and Citizens

by Jean Blondel

• ISBN13: 9780203863435
• ISBN10: 0203863437
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2009-12-04
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Table of Contents

Personalisation of Leaders and Citizens-Party Relationships

The Problems Posed by the 'Social Cleavages' Analysis of Parties

Types of Personal Relationships among Leaders, their Parties and the Citizens of these Parties

The Psychological Bases of the Relationship between Citizens and Parties and the Role of Leaders

Parties and Personalised Leaders: Pre-Existing Parties and New Parties. A Preliminary General Survey

A Prospective Methodology for the Analysis of the Links between Leaders, Parties and Citizens

Case Studies of Party Personalisation of Leadership

Introduction: The Need to Examine Specific Aspects of the Impact of Party Personalisation by Means of Case-Studies

Great Britain - Did Party Personalisation of Leadership Save the British Two-Party System?

France - The Personalisation of Leadership and French Political Parties

Italy

Poland

Japan - The Personalisation of Politics: Koizumi and Japanese Politics

Thailand - The Personalisation of the Party Leader: Thaksin, Parties and Thailand

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