Overview
- Studies the emergence of new ways of selecting candidates for electoral ballots
- Considers the impact of the economic crisis on disaffection, the emergence of new parties, and the new relevance of formerly minor parties
- Addresses the surge of more participative ways of decision-making in politics channelled through social movements
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This book studies the challenges to conventional politics posed by new ways of selecting candidates for legislative elections. The recent economic crisis had profound political consequences on politics, generating an upsurge in the demand for more participative ways of decision-making in politics channelled through social movements and individuals in different countries. Some parties have reacted by introducing changes in their internal organization (via intra-party democracy), particularly related to the selection of candidates for public office. This volume explores the trends and challenges of these new methods of selection, analyses how the internet is increasingly being used as a selection tool, and evaluates some of the relevant consequences related to political representation, party cohesion and party centralization, among others.
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Keywords
- election candidate selection
- intra-party democracy
- nominating election candidates
- new methods of candidate selection
- selecting presidential candidates
- comparative European politics
- Eurocrisis impact on democracy
- Selecting Candidates Online in Europe
- Greek electoral politics
- Italian electoral politics
- Spanish electoral politics
- British electoral politics
- choosing parliamentary representatives
- gender representation in politics
- selectorate in Europe
- disaffection in Europe
- participative decision-making
- social movements and politics
- internet and election candidates
- technology and elections
Table of contents (12 chapters)
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New Modes of Candidate Selection
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Internet, New Politics and Selection of Candidates
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Consequences of New Modes of Candidate Selection on Politics
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Guillermo Cordero is Professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. His publications include a number of books, chapters and journal articles on candidate selection, electoral behaviour and political attitudes.
Xavier Coller is Professor of Sociology at the Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain. He has authored or co-authored over a hundred works on social theories, research methods, collective identities, political elites, and complex organizations.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Democratizing Candidate Selection
Book Subtitle: New Methods, Old Receipts?
Editors: Guillermo Cordero, Xavier Coller
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76550-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-76549-5Published: 16 July 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09520-8Published: 26 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-76550-1Published: 30 June 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 288
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations
Topics: Democracy, Electoral Politics, European Politics, Comparative Politics