Since appearing in the 1970s, Green parties have grown from obscurity to electoral
prominence globally. The Australian Greens trace their origins to various social movements …

Are the Australian Greens, as a political organisation, experiencing a similar transformation
to green parties in Europe in moving from a movement-based party to a pragmatic …

What motivates someone to run for public office? Consider a hypothetical scenario faced by
a prospective candidate. Potential candidates may start by considering whether they are …

The day-to-day work of individuals on local campaign teams has received little academic
attention and is not well understood outside the relatively small circle of party activists …

This paper is about identifying a “candidate effect” in Canadian elections. Most academic
and media attention focuses on party leaders and the national parties during Canadian …

The organizations of national and provincial parties in Canada are understood to be
separated from one another. However, it is not known whether this separation extends to the …

This paper examines whether quality candidates raise more money in Canadian
constituency elections. Using the concept of candidate quality in Canada, the paper finds …