...The official events commemorating the twentieth anniversary organized by the Romanian state and civil society were surprisingly modest. However, the political reverberations of the highly contested events of December 1989 were clearly visible during the presidential election contest that dominated...

... Progressive Democrats PDs Taoiseach TDs party democracy party leaders Westminster parties leadership elections This is a study of the politics of party leadership selection. Leaders of political parties are the central political figures in contemporary parliamentary democracies. We come...

..., in contemporary parties, are members of the parliamentary party and the grassroots membership. In some parties the selectorate includes delegates to party conferences, local and regional elected officials, and trade unions. Regardless of the groups formally enfranchised, this chapter argues that those without...

... ‘fusion’ general election 1931 Chamberlain N Churchill W S National government general election 1945 general election 1950 general election 1951 National Health Service NHS Liberal Party and 1950 and 1951 elections general election 1922 general election 1924 general election 1929 Labour...

... election Transport Workers union TGWU Woodley elected to TSSA white collar transport workers union TUC UNISON UK white collar workers Adler L Brunell T L ECJ Low Pay Commission UK Milkman R Public Services Forum Low Pay Commission and Sweet A S United States AFL CIO Benedict R C Bodah M...

...) .12(.28) Free and Fair −2.70(4.33) −1.42(5.29) −3.44(4.31) −3.30(4.70) Number of Election Periods −.03(1.92) −.68(2.49) .72(1.98) .75(2.25) Opposition participates 1.56(11.45) 5.28(13.99) −4.48(12.23) −9.23(13.36) Absolute...

... elections in 1989, when it became obvious that Ben Ali was not seeking a political rapprochement, but instead intensified measures against Ennahda, which he considered his main adversary. Islamic Tendency Movement Mouvement de la Tendence Islamique MTI Harakat al Ittijah al Islami Karker Salah 1948–2012...

... the idea of reconciling with the Taliban at the 2010 London Conference. It explains how the partisans and conciliators debated providing lethal military equipment to Afghanistan, why they could not reach a timely decision, and how they viewed the 2014 Afghan elections and the rise of Ashraf Ghani...

... with the many men and women who fatalistically accepted their losses. It is perhaps not a surprise then, that in the 1730s we see Eleanor Curzon once again embroiled in company politics. Curzon, now in her forties, got involved in the shareholder elections of the York Buildings Company. A report detailing...

... from poster children for a picture-perfect democratic process.” ¹³ Questions still remain about what kind of infrastructure the Obama campaign left in the communities in which it worked. Nowhere is this more evident than in the postcampaign organizations that emerged from 199 both election...

...This chapter takes the representative claim framework and deploys it to illuminate a range of issues around the controversial issue of non‐elective representation. The characteristic strengths and limits of electoral representation are examined, showing how and why there are gaps in political...

...Presents the author's strong opinions on the ending of the 2000 US presidential election. Starts by pointing out that the five justices who ended the 2000 election by stopping the Florida hand recount have damaged the credibility of the US Supreme Court, and that their lawless decision...

...This chapter discusses the conflict between Communist intellectuals and the leadership of the French Communist Party (PCF) which developed after the elections of March 1978. The role of intellectuals in the French labour movement has always been a source of controversy, suggesting the existence...

...The debate over the Jew Bill was never about the retrospective wisdom of readmission, nor about the theoretical desirability of expulsion or even restriction of immigration. After the Jew Bill had been repealed and the parliamentary elections of 1754 decided, the entire case was very nearly...

... such as plural voting, the middle class vote, support from women, the working class vote, and looks in detail at the results of the general elections from 1918 to 1945. Cecil Lord H Conservatism CONSERVATIVE PARTY XIII – electoral support trade unions women Labour Party McKibbin R working class...

... and in government for almost 25 years between 1918 and 1945. Stuart Ball begins with an analysis of the foundations of Conservatism: its principles, attitudes and identities. He then examines the nature of the party’s support at general elections by matching voting patterns to the occupational data in the 1931...

... Accord sufficient consensus multi-party negotiations political transition elections In this chapter, the focus shifts from reconciliation’s inception, as articulated by its principal leaders, toward its concrete enactment across South Africa’s political and institutional landscape in the years which...

... 54.8 British India 23.5 Source: Judith Brown , Modern India. The Origins of an Asian Democracy, Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1985, p. 121. Table 2.2: Results of the 1937 elections in Punjab Parties Muslim...

...Table 8.1 Votes cast in Schkswig-Holstein in main round of Reichstag Elections, 1903 and 1912 Party 1903 1912     (%) votes (%) Conservative —   17,154 (5.4) Free Conservative 23,121 (9.3) 9,401 (3.0) Anti-Semite...

...Table 5.1. Trust in presidents and prime ministers in selected countries in 2001 Country Presidential election type Trust in the president(%) Trust in the minister(%) Bulgaria Direct 51 49 Czech Republic Indirect 37 27 Estonia Indirect...