Parliamentary Candidates Between Voters and Parties: A Comparative Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780367248512 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 242 str.

Lieven de Winter; Rune Karlsen; Hermann Schmitt

Opis

This book offers the first comprehensive, comparative and coherent perspective on parliamentary candidates in contemporary representative democracy.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Candidates, Parties, and Voters in Representative Democracies  2. Office or Policies? Exploring Candidates’ Motivations to Run for a Party and The Triggering Role of Political Contexts  3. Candidate Selection: Still a Secret Garden?  4. Candidate Campaigns in Comparative Perspective  5. Determinants of Personalised Campaigning: A Comparative Analysis  6. Candidates’ Representational Roles  7. Intra-party Ideological Heterogeneity: Are Candidates Agents of their Parties?  8. Policy Representation in Europe  9. The Beliefs of Parliamentary Candidates on Electoral Democracy: Who are the Guardians of Democracy and what Motivates them?  10. Conclusion and Perspectives