دانلود کتاب Choosing the Tory leader Conservative Party leadership elections from Heath to Cameron

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1 Introduction
2 The War of the Macmillan Succession: The Catalyst for Electing the Party Leader
2.1 The Resignation of Harold Macmillan
2.2 The Lack of an Agreed Successor
2.3 Bias in the Customary Processes of Consultation?
2.4 The Outmanoeuvring of Butler
2.5 The Customary Processes in Disrepute: A Failure of Process and Outcome
2.6 Conclusion
3 Edward Heath: The First Democratic Leader of the Conservative Party
3.1 The Resignation of Alec Douglas-Home
3.2 Three Candidates Emerge
3.3 How and why did Edward Heath win?
3.4 Conclusion
4 The Peasants Revolt? The Election of Margaret Thatcher
4.1 The Refusal of Edward Heath to Resign
4.2 The Challenge of Margaret Thatcher
4.3 The Ballots: Rejecting Heath and Electing Thatcher
4.4 Explaining the Election of Margaret Thatcher
4.4.1 The Influence of Personality: The Anti-Heath interpretation
4.4.2 The Influence of Ideas: The Ideological Explanation
4.5 Conclusion
5 Treachery with a Smile on its Face: The Downfall of Margaret Thatcher
5.1 The Lightweight Challenge of Anthony Meyer
5.2 The Heavyweight Challenge of Michael Heseltine
5.3 The Thatcher versus Heseltine Ballot. 5.4 The Resignation of Margaret Thatcher
5.5 The Default Victory of John Major
5.6 Why Thatcher lost and Major triumphed
5.7 Conclusion
6 Put Up of Shut Up: John Redwood Challenges John Major
6.1 The Evolution of the Put Up or Shut Up strategy
6.2. The Implementation of the Put Up or Shut Up strategy
6.3 The Validity of the Put Up or Shut Up strategy
6.3.1 The Vote of Confidence Thesis
6.3.2 Another Default Major Victory
6.4 Conclusion
7 You Cannot be Serious: The Election of William Hague
7.1 The Resignation of John Major
7.2 Profiling the Multiple Candidates
7.3 Evaluating the Multiple Ballots
7.4. Identifying the Multiple Legitimacy Problems of Hague
7.5 Conclusion
8 The Quiet Man Emerges: The Election of Iain Duncan-Smith
8.1 The Resignation of William Hague
8.2 New Leadership Election, New Leadership Election Procedures
8.3 The Candidates: Two Heavyweights, Three Lightweights
8.4 The Parliamentary Ballots
8.5 The Party Membership Ballot
8.6 A Failure of Process and a Flawed Outcome
8.7 Conclusion
9 Back to the Future: Michael Howard becomes Conservative Party Leader
9.1 The Credibility Gap: The Limitations of Iain Duncan-Smith
9.2 The Procedural Dilemma
9.3 The Brutal Execution of Iain Duncan-Smith
9.4 The Unopposed Coronation of Michael Howard
9.5 Conclusion
10 The Triumph of the Modernizers: The Election of David Cameron
10.1 The Prolonged Resignation of Michael Howard
10.2 Four Candidates Emerge
10.3 The Parliamentary Ballots
10.4 The Party Membership Ballot
10.5 Explaining the Modernizers Triumph
10.6 Conclusion.