Download or read book Candidate Selection in Comparative Perspective written by European Consortium for Political Research and published by SAGE Publications Limited. This book was released on 1988-02 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines candidate selection in nine liberal democracies -- Belgium, Britain, France, West Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and Norway. It describes the methods by which parties select their candidates; analyses the factors which influence the form of selection used; and considers the consequences of candidate selection. The book concludes with an overall assessment of the role of candidate selection in the political process. It questions whether proportional representation necessarily entails centralized candidate selection; whether parties of the Left tend to be more centralized than parties of the Right; and whether different types of candidate selection have distinct consequences for the behaviour of deputies.