While the knowledge on how candidate selection happens is flourishing, remarkably little
attention has been paid to the selection criteria. Why do selectors prefer some candidates …

Names: Sandri, Giulia, editor.| Seddone, Antonella, editor. Title: New paths for selecting
political elites: investigating the impact of inclusive candidate and party leader selection …

The literature on candidate selection has focussed extensively on the degree of
inclusiveness and decentralization of the selectorate, as part of the debate on intra-party …

This dissertation focuses on the balances and the representativeness of electoral candidate
lists in Belgium between 1995 and 2019. While extensive research has been done in recent …

Although citizens see representative democracy today almost unanimously as the most
desirable form of government, the institutions of advanced industrial democracies receive …

In 1980, Herman De Croo, a long-serving Belgian legislator and political statesman,
observed that the leaders of the parliamentary party groups (PPGs) were progressively …

Young people are three times more present in the population than in elected assemblies.
Their critical underrepresentation has so far received much less scholarly attention than …

This article identifies the party dynamics that drive candidate turnover, yielding crucial
insights in the recruitment behaviour and nomination strategies of political parties. Inspired …

Are grants strategically allocated to towns where ministers live? This question is investigated
using panel data covering four legislative periods and 293 Flemish municipalities. The …

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Parliamentary Candidates Between Voters and Parties This book offers the first comprehensive …