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Pathways to Power: Political Recruitment and Candidate Selection in Latin America
. Ed(S): Siavelis, Peter M.; Morgenstern, Scott
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paperback. Editor(s): Siavelis, Peter M.; Morgenstern, Scott. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 674.
Analyses of formal governmental institutions and electoral laws have considerably advanced our understanding of how politics works in Latin America. However, these analyses largely overlook the process of candidate recruitment and selection, an issue intricately tied to political outcomes and the functioning of democracy.
In this volume, a team of experts uses a common analytic framework developed by the editors to analyze the recruitment and selection of executive and legislative candidates in six major countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Uruguay. It does so from two perspectives. First, as a dependent variable, the volume explores the party and legal ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penn State University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780271033761
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V9780271033761
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About . Ed(S): Siavelis, Peter M.; Morgenstern, Scott
Peter M. Siavelis is Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation Fellow and Associate Professor of Political Science at Wake Forest University. Scott Morgenstern is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh.
Reviews for Pathways to Power: Political Recruitment and Candidate Selection in Latin America
“This book sets the new scholarly standard for the analysis of the recruitment and selection of candidates for Congress and President in the major Latin American countries. The editors formulate a general framework to study the role of political parties in candidate selection. The authors apply it to the country studies for the legislature and the executive. The book is ... Read more