Selection Criteria in Party Leadership Elections in Greece: The Open Primaries of PASOK, ND and SYRIZA

Download or read book Selection Criteria in Party Leadership Elections in Greece: The Open Primaries of PASOK, ND and SYRIZA written by Panos A. Koliastasis and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2024-12-13 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an in-depth analysis of the voting criteria of selectors in Greek political parties’ leadership elections, focusing on open and semi-open primaries. It examines seven multi-candidate leadership contests organised by the centre-left PASOK, the centre-right New Democracy, and the radical left SYRIZA during 2007 – 2023, from the theoretical perspective of the Stark model and the three ordered selection criteria. Drawing on polling evidence and interviews with candidates, party officials and their aides, the book argues that the model helps explain the results of Greek parties’ six in seven leadership elections.