<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The objective of this analysis is to examine political party leadership with reference to the rules and results of its selection process in post-communist Poland. The exploration of these matters is based on qualitative and quantitative data concerning 16 different political parties and 80 selections they conducted in the years 1990-2013. The comprehensive research methods employed for this study ranged from in-depth analysis of particular election results to analysis of constitutional and structural party variations. This extensive investigation enables the reader to draw conclusions about Polish intra-party politics and to understand the vetting processes that Polish politicians must undergo. The findings indicate that political parties tend to address wider selectorates; and that the rules of selection are transparent, democratic, and empirically predictable.</p></abstract>

The objective of this analysis is to examine political party leadership with reference to the rules and results of its selection process in post-communist Poland. The exploration of these matters is based on qualitative and quantitative data concerning 16 different political parties and 80 selections they conducted in the years 1990-2013. The comprehensive research methods employed for this study ranged from in-depth analysis of particular election results to analysis of constitutional and structural party variations. This extensive investigation enables the reader to draw conclusions about Polish intra-party politics and to understand the vetting processes that Polish politicians must undergo. The findings indicate that political parties tend to address wider selectorates; and that the rules of selection are transparent, democratic, and empirically predictable.

The Selection of Party Leaders in Poland: Democratisation of Rules and Predictability of Results

Polish Political Science Review

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The objective of this analysis is to examine political party leadership with reference to the rules and results of its selection process in post-communist...

The Selection of Party Leaders in Poland: Democratisation of Rules and Predictability of Results

Published Online: Jan 13, 2016

Page range: 5 - 21

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ppsr-2015-0018

Keywords
party leader, leadership selection, political parties, Central and Eastern Europe, Poland

© 2014 Maciej Hartliński, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Selection of Party Leaders in Poland: Democratisation of Rules and Predictability of Results

Published Online: Jan 13, 2016

Page range: 5 - 21

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ppsr-2015-0018

Keywordsparty leader, leadership selection, political parties, Central and Eastern Europe, Poland

© 2014 Maciej Hartliński, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
party leader, leadership selection, political parties, Central and Eastern Europe, Poland