Democracy within parties: candidate selection methods and their political consequences

This pioneering book presents a new approach to understanding political parties, sheds light on their inner workings and offers the first comprehensive analysis of the way parties choose their candidates for public office. Candidate selection is, after all, the function that separates parties from other organizations. INDICE: 1: What is candidate selection and why is it important for understanding politics?; 2: Candidacy; 3: The selectorate; 4: Decentralization; 5:Appointment and voting systems; 6: Participation; 7: Representation; 8: Competition; 9: Responsiveness; 10: Candidate selection, political parties, and democracy; Index

• ISBN: 978-0-19-957254-0
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 224
• Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés