Reforms of intra-party decision-making processes often rest on the idea that citizens want
more direct say in these processes, but empirical data to support this claim are scarce. Using …

When Belgian voters go to the polling booth on election day, they are presented with a set of
candidate lists of different political parties. Voters know that they can either cast a list vote …

Opening-up processes of candidate selection is often viewed as a means for political parties
to regain legitimacy, and perhaps more crucially, members and voters. Despite a …

This paper examines the effects of candidate selection on intra-party incumbency turnover.
In the intra-party context, we expect to see competition among candidates for selectors' …

This article explores the judicialisation of party primaries in contemporary Nigeria, which is a
defining feature of the country's electoral politics. Since the inception of the Fourth Republic …

Based on a dataset of candidates from 488 party lists for Belgian lower house elections in
the period 1987–2010, this contribution analyses the effects of electoral system-related and …

Introdução: Quanto a competição intrapartidária afeta as decisões de carreira de políticos
brasileiros? Sabemos que carreiras resultam da interação entre vontades individuais, de …

Dit proefschrift is tot stand gekomen binnen een samenwerkingsverband tussen de
Universiteit van Amsterdam en de Universiteit Antwerpen met als doel het behalen van een …

Political party has been identified as a core institution of democracy. In Nigeria, their
emergence, evolution, and how they select candidates for election have been expansively …

Dans de précédentes livraisons du Courrier hebdomadaire, différents chercheurs ont étudié
en détail le profil des parlementaires francophones. Due à Paul Wynants, Martine Paret et …