Intra-party democracy, political performance and the survival of party leaders
Austria, 1945–2011
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6314532 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik (0000-0002-0107-5093, University of Vienna), Wolfgang C Müller (0000-0001-9085-9465, University of Vienna) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 930-943 |
| Publication date | 2015-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Party Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-0688 • E-ISSN: 1460-3683 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1354068813509517 |
| OpenAlex | W2110590527 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
| References cited | 59 |
Political parties are central to modern democracy and the selection of their leaders is one of the most crucial decisions for any political party to make. Yet, the analysis of party leadership survival is still in its infancy. The pioneering research has been confined to few countries and decades and has focused exclusively on performance-related explanations. While performance is an obvious determinant of party leader survival, generations of research on party organizations suggest that intra-party factors should matter, too. We argue that, while the political performance of a party leader (winning elections, securing government participation) is important, intra-party support and the rules of leadership selection add substantively to our understanding of why party leaders survive or fall. We test these expectations on a new dataset covering all leaders of Austrian parties between 1945 and 2011. The results of our statistical analysis support our claim and show that intra-party factors have a considerable impact on party leader survival
Democracy · Divided government · Government (linguistics · Party platform · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Primary election · Public relations · Selection (genetic algorithm · Single non-transferable vote · Sociology · Split-ticket voting · Test (biology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration · Social Media and Politics
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Determinants of institutional trust
Exiting the political stage
Party members and leadership styles in new European democracies
Leaking season
New people, new policy
Leaders or parties? Practices of candidate selection in Western Europe
The ‘burden of expectation’ and political instability
The intra-party bargain over ministerial appointments
Selecting party leaders
The verdict in the polls
Selecting Ministers in Times of Crisis
Appeasement and rewards
Accruing career capital
Maintaining Partisan ties
New party performance after breakthrough
It is time for a closer look
When do party supporters abandon the party leader? The intraparty conflict of the Alternative for Germany
Party leadership selection and party leaders’ powers
The rise and fall of party leaders
The leadership dilemma
What parties want from their leaders
Rising to the Top
Coalition Bargaining Duration in Multiparty Democracies
Mode of candidacy, electoral prospects, and the ideological deviation of candidacy-seeking politicians from their party leadership
The theory of political coalitions.
Leaders' Personalities and the Outcomes of Democratic Elections
Democracy within Parties
Policy, Office, or Votes?
Making and Breaking Governments
Politics at the Centre
Of Time and Power
Platform or Personality?
Presidents, Parties, and Prime Ministers
Classifying Party Leaders’ Selection Methods in Parliamentary Democracies
Party Organizations
Regression Models and Life-Tables
An economic theory of democracy
Political Leaders and Democratic Elections
Government Survival in Parliamentary Democracies
The Logic of Political Survival
From grey suits to grass roots
Ideological alignments within the parliamentary Labour Party and the leadership election of 1976
The Conservative Party Leadership Election of 1997
Performance, leadership, factions and party change
The Impact of Individual and Collective Performance on Ministerial Tenure
A Proportional Hazard Model of Leadership Duration
The Adoption of Membership Votes for Choosing Party Leaders
Who selects the party leader
Democratizing Party Leadership Selection
A Very Tory Coup
An Integrated Theory of Party Goals and Party Change
Succession Rules and Leadership Rents
The Art of Handing Over
The selection of party chairmen in Austria
The selection of party presidents in Belgium
Competition ruins the good life
Selecting the party leader in Britain
The Politics of Party Leader Survival and Succession
Government Termination
Cabinet Survival and Competing Risks
A Behavioral Theory of Competitive Political Parties
Political Institutions, Policy Choice and the Survival of Leaders
Cabinet Reshuffles and Ministerial Drift
If Winning Isn't Everything, Why Do They Keep Score? Consequences of Electoral Performance for Party Leaders
Peasants' Uprising or Religious War? Re-examining the 1975 Conservative Leadership Contest
The Length of Ministerial Tenure in the United Kingdom, 1945–97
Democratization of party leadership selection
Replacing Cabinet Ministers
Coalitions and Cabinet Government
Strategic Parliamentary Dissolution
Cabinet Terminations and Critical Events
| Unique citing works | 25 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,27 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |