Understanding leadership renewal (original) (raw)

in Jean-Benoit Pilet, William Cross (eds). The Politics of Party Leadership: A Cross-National Perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Forthcoming, 2015.

Abstract

In this chapter we explore party renewal through leadership selection, and more generally what explains the selection of different types of leaders. Parties often see leadership change as a chance for renewal, especially when the leadership selection takes place after an electoral setback (Wauters, 2013). Most incumbents are in fact pushed from the job after an electoral defeat and many parties select a new leader when in opposition. Thus, they might pick leaders with certain characteristics: younger, less experienced politically (Pilet and Cross, 2014). The interesting question is what variables influence the selection of leaders without prior political experience and that are younger (if compared to previous party leaders). We test if the type of selectorate used results in different types of leaders given that we argue that parties in need of renewal are more likely to choose more inclusive selectorates (Cross and Blais, 2012).

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