Managing Leader Selection in European Political Parties

1 Conflicts and coronations: Analyzing Leader Selection in European Political Parties.- 2 Party Leadership Selection in Estonia: The Long-Lasting Authority of the "Founding Fathers".- 3 Finland: Open and Public Contests between Independent Candidates.- 4 The Selection of Party Leaders in Germany.- 5 Understanding how political parties in Europe select their leaders: The Italian Case.- 6 Party leadership selection in Latvia: Divergent Practices of Precursory delegation.- 7 From Coronation to bear Pit: Leadership selection in the party order and Justice.- 8 How political parties select party leaders in Poland: Party leaders decide and party members endorse their decisions.- 9 The rule of the Valberedning? Party leader selection in sweden.- 10 Steer or No steer? The selection of party leaders in Britian.- 11 Patterns in leader selection: where does power lie?.