04246nam a22005415i 4500 978-3-031-74860-8 DE-He213 20251030114617.0 cr nn 008mamaa 241214s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031748608 978-3-031-74860-8 10.1007/978-3-031-74860-8 doi JN1-9692.2 JP bicssc 1D bicssc POL058000 bisacsh JP 1D thema Koliastasis, Panos A. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 88906 Selection Criteria in Party Leadership Elections in Greece: The Open Primaries of PASOK, ND and SYRIZA [electronic resource] / by Panos A. Koliastasis. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. IX, 130 p. 1 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Political Campaigning and Communication, 2662-5903 1. Selection criteria in party leadership elections in Greece -- 2. Selection criteria in party leadership elections of PASOK (2004 – 2021) -- 3. Selection criteria in the party leadership elections of ND (2009 – 2016) -- 4. Selection criteria in party leadership elections of SYRIZA (2022 – 2023) -- Chapter 5: Selection criteria in party leadership elections revisited. “This is an excellent study that provides an in-depth analysis of the most recent developments in the Greek party system. The introduction of the practice of direct elections as a basis for the transformation of Greek party organisations is discussed and the resulting changes in the behavior of Greek voters. Koliastasis presents the direct leadership elections in New Democracy, PASOK, and SYRIZA with theoretical and empirical competence and methodological completeness, offering highly original insights concerning the electoral behavior of the parties’ selectorates. Given the transitional phase in which party competition in Greece is currently in, an assessment of these changes in political parties and a reflection on their electoral effectiveness is necessary. This study serves as a crucial foundation for such an assessment, presenting arguments essential for understanding the current state of Greek politics.” --Costas Eleftheriou, Assistant Professor of Political & Historical Sociology, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece 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. Panos A. Koliastasis is Lecturer (adjunct) in Politics at the Hellenic Open University and the University of Athens, Greece. Europe Politics and government. 69875 Elections. 70850 Communication in politics. 65259 European Politics. 69876 Electoral Politics. 70851 Political Communication. 67745 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031748592 Printed edition: 9783031748615 Political Campaigning and Communication, 2662-5903 70052 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-74860-8 ZDB-2-POS ZDB-2-SXPI 65699 65699