With growing public distrust toward European institutions, Eurosceptic populist radical-right
parties make up almost a third of MEPs in the current European Parliament. As part of the …

Political parties often monopolize the flow of politicians into elected office making it important
to understand when, and under what conditions, parties are more or less likely to promote …

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 …

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 …

Currently, globalization process significantly impacts not only technological, economical, but
also social, political and cultural fields. Ongoing social, economic and political processes …

Unlike political parties in many other countries, Swedish ones have not adopted more
inclusive methods for choosing their election candidates and party leaders. While the party …

Many of the criticisms commonly made of modern political parties concern their alleged lack
of transparency and use of informality in their inner organization. Yet, little is known about …

Elena Frech addresses the issue of candidate (re-) selection for the European elections.
Studying German parties, the author investigates both, the rules and practice of candidate …

Artykuł analizuje uwarunkowania selekcji kandydatów na posłów do Parlamentu
Europejskiego w polskich partiach politycznych oraz związek między sposobem ich …

While the knowledge on how candidate selection happens begins to be rather organised,
remarkably little attention has been paid to the selection criteria for candidates,“which one …