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Spies, Dennis C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4468-9834 and Kaiser, Andre (2014). Does the mode of candidate selection affect the representativeness of parties? Party Polit., 20 (4). S. 576 - 591. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD. ISSN 1460-3683

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Abstract

In this article, we analyse the impact of intra-party procedures of candidate selection for national elections on the representativeness of parties towards their voters. With regard to candidate selection we distinguish between two dimensions: inclusion and centralization. While the first identifies the type of selectorate for candidate nominations (members, delegates or committees), the second captures the territorial unit in which the nomination is decided (local, regional or national). Based on data for 53 parties in 9 Western European countries for the period 1970 to 1990, the analysis points to the relevance of the inclusion dimension. Parties in which party elites decide the nomination of candidates show slightly higher degrees of representation than parties with more inclusive selectorates. We conduct our analysis separately for two frequently used but theoretically different concepts of representation: cross-sectional representation (at one point in time) and dynamic representation (over time). Our analysis shows that candidate-selection procedures only matter for the first concept. The empirically inconsistent results between the two concepts are due to deficiencies in the way dynamic representation is currently operationalized.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Spies, Dennis C. UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-4468-9834 UNSPECIFIED Kaiser, Andre UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-434978
DOI:	10.1177/1354068811436066
Journal or Publication Title:	Party Polit.
Volume:	20
Number:	4
Page Range:	S. 576 - 591
Date:	2014
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Place of Publication:	LONDON
ISSN:	1460-3683
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language WESTERN-EUROPEAN PARTIES; OPINION-POLICY NEXUS; POLITICAL-PARTIES; PUBLIC-OPINION; COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE; IDEOLOGICAL CONGRUENCE; DEMOCRACIES; PREFERENCES; COMPETITION; VOTERS Multiple languages Political Science Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/43497