Political Candidate Selection - Who Wins, Who Loses, and Under-Representation in the Uk

This book solves the puzzle of why some aspirant candidates are successful while others fail, by proposing and applying a universally applicable multistage approach to discover the relationship between selection rules, selectors' biases, aspirants' attributes, and selection outcomes.

Sommario

1. Study Overview 2. The Selection Process Puzzle and Ideal Candidate Types 3. Data and Initial Supply and Demand Tests 4. Centralisation and the Labour Party’s Candidate Selection Process 5. Assessing Centralisation in the British Labour Party’s Selection Process 6. Assessing Early Stage Selector Preference for "Ideal" Candidates 7. Do Local Party Members Select "Ideal" Candidates? 8. Conclusion

Info autore

Jeanette Ashe is Chair of the Political Science Department at Douglas College, British Columbia, Canada.

Riassunto

This book solves the puzzle of why some aspirant candidates are successful while others fail, by proposing and applying a universally applicable multistage approach to discover the relationship between selection rules, selectors’ biases, aspirants’ attributes, and selection outcomes.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jeanette Ashe, Jeanette (Douglas College Ashe
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781138039513
• ISBN: 978-1-138-03951-3
• Pagine: 220
• Serie: Routledge Studies on Political Parties and Party Systems; Routledge Studies on Political Parties and Party Systems
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, Political leaders & leadership, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Elections & referenda, Political leaders and leadership, Political parties and party platforms, Elections and referenda / suffrage