@article{1437424,
      recid = {1437424},
      author = {Campus, Donatella, and Switek, Niko, and Valbruzzi,  Marco,},
      title = {Collective leadership and divided power in West European  parties /},
      pages = {1 online resource :},
      note = {Includes indexes.},
      abstract = {Political science research, especially in recent times,  has recognized the centrality of party and executive  leaders and their individual characteristics. The attention  has been mostly directed towards individual leadership.  However, one-chief leadership is not the only existing  model of party governance, and some recent developments  seem to have put forms of collective leadership into the  spotlight. Two parties that have recently achieved  remarkable electoral results, the Italian Five Star  Movement and the German Alliance 90/The Greens, can be  considered examples of alternative models of leadership.  This book calls for a deep and systematic analysis of cases  of parties in which powers and responsibilities appear to  be shared among different individuals rather than being  concentrated in the hands of just one leader. Drawing on  the literature of organization and management theory, the  book fills a gap in the literature of political science by  developing a theoretical framework that may provide  researchers with the tools for proceeding with the analysis  of cases of party collective leadership. To illustrate  their approach, the authors have selected three cases--the  German Greens, Alternative for Germany, and the Five Star  Movement in Italy--that show significant variation across  types of collective leadership. The outcome of the  empirical analysis contributes to a better knowledge of the  nature and functioning of party leadership as well as  raises questions that could be further addressed in future  research. Donatella Campus is Professor of Political  Science at the University of Bergamo, Italy. Niko Switek is  DAAD Visiting Assistant Professor at the Henry M. Jackson  School for International Studies and the Department of  Political Science at the University of Washington, USA.  Marco Valbruzzi is Assistant Professor of Political Science  at the University of Naples-Federico II, Italy.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1437424},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75255-2},
}