The Challenges of Intra-Party Democracy

William Cross' books include Politics at the Centre: the Selection and Removal of Party Leaders in the Anglo Parliamentary Democracies, with Andre Blais, (Oxford University Press 2011) and Rebuilding Canadian Party Politics, with R. Kenneth Carty and Lisa Young (University of British Columbia Press 2000). From 2000-2010 he served as Director of the Canadian Democratic Audit. He is the Hon. Dick and Ruth Bell Chair for the Study of CanadianParliamentary Democracy in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University in Ottawa Canada.Richard S. Katz was co-editor of the European Journal of Political Research (2006-2012), and of the EJPR Political Data Yearbook (1996-2006). His books include A Theory of Parties and Electoral Systems (Johns Hopkins University Press 1980, 2006), Democracy and Elections (Oxford University Press 1997), How Parties Organize: Adaptation and Change in Party Organizations in Western Democracies, ed. with Peter Mair, (Sage 1994) and Handbook of PartyPolitics, ed. with William Crotty (Sage 2006). He is Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department at Johns Hopkins University.