Candidate Selection

Abstract

This panel brings together a number of very interesting papers, case studies as well as comparative pieces, that deal with candidate selection and its representational effects. Analyzing diverse political contexts – Germany, Spain, Israel, India etc. – the authors analyze the procedures and criteria of candidate selection and explain how they affect representation. In times of rising vote shares for far-right populist parties and growing dissatisfaction with democracy, the papers presented in this panel provide valuable insights into the role of political parties’ candidate selection and into the mechanisms of representation more generally.