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Party Leaders in Eastern Europe: Traits, Behaviors and Consequences

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Party Leaders in Eastern Europe

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This introductory chapter outlines the goals of the book, presents the theoretical approach and outlines the methodology used in the subsequent chapters. It focuses on the state of the art and presents in detail the leadership traits to be analyzed in the book. It formulates three hypotheses that will be tested throughout the book and discusses the relevance of the analyses conducted this volume.

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    The electoral performance refers to the vote share in the national legislative elections. Intra-party cohesion and party membership rolls are about developments at the national level.

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Gherghina, S. (2020). Party Leaders in Eastern Europe: Traits, Behaviors and Consequences. In: Gherghina, S. (eds) Party Leaders in Eastern Europe. Palgrave Studies in Political Psychology. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32025-6_1

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