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This collective volume - with contributions from experts on these
regions - examines broader questions about the current crises (The
Great Recession and The Commodity Crisis) and the associated
changes in political representation in both regions. It provides a
general overview of political representation studies in Southern
Europe and Latin America and builds bridges between the two
traditions of political representation studies, affording greater
understanding of developments in each region and promote future
research collaboration between Southern Europe and Latin America.
Finally, the book addresses questions of continuity and change in
patterns of political representation after the onset of the two
economic crises, specifically examining issues such as changes in
citizens' democratic support and trust in political representatives
and institutions, in-descriptive representation (in the
sociodemographic profile of MPs) and in-substantive representation
(in the link between voters and MPs in terms of ideological
congruence and/or policy/issue orientations). This book will be of
key interest to scholars and students of political elites,
political representation, European and Latin American
politics/studies, and more broadly to comparative politics.
Selecting candidates for elections is a major goal of political
parties and a major function of political regimes in democratic
systems. With the negative effects of the economic crisis being
seen to translate into changes in voting patterns, and citizens
using elections to punish parties in government for their roles in
economic mismanagement or lack of response to the global economic
crisis, a broad examination is required. This book is presented as
the first comparative study of the effects of the political crisis
on candidate selection covering a large number of countries. Using
an integrated framework and unified strategy, it examines how new
relevant political actors are really implementing participative
ways of candidate selection, whether they are being innovative in
their political environments and the extent to which traditionally
mainstream parties are changing selection procedures to have more
open and inclusive mechanisms as part of internal, or intra-party,
democracy. The book illuminates these issues through empirically
driven chapters explaining changes in the way candidates for
parliaments are selected in countries where new parties have
emerged and consolidated, or where traditional mainstream parties
have adopted new mechanisms of selection affecting (if not
challenging) traditional politics. Additionally, therefore, this
work will serve as a response to some current debates in the
discipline on the consequences of the democratization of party
life, relating political participation and representation. This
text will be of key interest to scholars and students of political
parties, organizational change, social and political elites and
more broadly to comparative politics and sociology.
This book analyses the Spanish parliamentary elites in a
comparative perspective within southern Europe. What has been the
impact of the Great Recession on the configuration of parliaments
and the diversity of legislators? Have new parties delivered better
representation of citizens in terms of demographics (gender, age,
social class), ideology or political attitudes and beliefs? This
original research is based on a 2018 survey on members of two
national chambers and 17 regional parliaments. Comparing these data
with those of a simultaneous survey carried out on Spanish citizens
and with data from previous research a decade ago, the book
examines the changes that have occurred in representation during
the course of the Great Recession and provides evidence of the
growing distance between citizens and parliamentary elites.
Additionally, using data from the Comparative Candidates Survey,
the book compares the ideological congruence between citizens and
their representatives in Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece.
This collective volume - with contributions from experts on these
regions - examines broader questions about the current crises (The
Great Recession and The Commodity Crisis) and the associated
changes in political representation in both regions. It provides a
general overview of political representation studies in Southern
Europe and Latin America and builds bridges between the two
traditions of political representation studies, affording greater
understanding of developments in each region and promote future
research collaboration between Southern Europe and Latin America.
Finally, the book addresses questions of continuity and change in
patterns of political representation after the onset of the two
economic crises, specifically examining issues such as changes in
citizens' democratic support and trust in political representatives
and institutions, in-descriptive representation (in the
sociodemographic profile of MPs) and in-substantive representation
(in the link between voters and MPs in terms of ideological
congruence and/or policy/issue orientations). This book will be of
key interest to scholars and students of political elites,
political representation, European and Latin American
politics/studies, and more broadly to comparative politics.
This book studies the challenges to conventional politics posed by
new ways of selecting candidates for legislative elections. The
recent economic crisis had profound political consequences on
politics, generating an upsurge in the demand for more
participative ways of decision-making in politics channelled
through social movements and individuals in different countries.
Some parties have reacted by introducing changes in their internal
organization (via intra-party democracy), particularly related to
the selection of candidates for public office. This volume explores
the trends and challenges of these new methods of selection,
analyses how the internet is increasingly being used as a selection
tool, and evaluates some of the relevant consequences related to
political representation, party cohesion and party centralization,
among others.
This book explores why some people become politicians, how they
represent citizens in parliaments, and what they think about
democracy and its institutions. It analyses the results of the
first survey of a representative sample of Spanish MPs (580 cases)
and citizens. The study covers areas such as: social profiles;
recruitment and selection; women in parliaments; motivation for
politics; perception of the representative function and how this is
affected by corruption, disaffection and mistrust; national and
regional identities; ideology; the functioning of parliamentary
groups, and perceptions about the EU. The case of Spain is used to
demonstrate how MPs' values, opinions and attitudes conflict and
complement with those of the citizens they are supposed to
represent. Through a systematic comparison between MPs and
citizens, the contributions deal with topics that are key to
understanding how democracies work and the role played by MPs.
This book explores why some people become politicians, how they
represent citizens in parliaments, and what they think about
democracy and its institutions. It analyses the results of the
first survey of a representative sample of Spanish MPs (580 cases)
and citizens. The study covers areas such as: social profiles;
recruitment and selection; women in parliaments; motivation for
politics; perception of the representative function and how this is
affected by corruption, disaffection and mistrust; national and
regional identities; ideology; the functioning of parliamentary
groups, and perceptions about the EU. The case of Spain is used to
demonstrate how MPs' values, opinions and attitudes conflict and
complement with those of the citizens they are supposed to
represent. Through a systematic comparison between MPs and
citizens, the contributions deal with topics that are key to
understanding how democracies work and the role played by MPs.
This book analyses the Spanish parliamentary elites in a
comparative perspective within southern Europe. What has been the
impact of the Great Recession on the configuration of parliaments
and the diversity of legislators? Have new parties delivered better
representation of citizens in terms of demographics (gender, age,
social class), ideology or political attitudes and beliefs? This
original research is based on a 2018 survey on members of two
national chambers and 17 regional parliaments. Comparing these data
with those of a simultaneous survey carried out on Spanish citizens
and with data from previous research a decade ago, the book
examines the changes that have occurred in representation during
the course of the Great Recession and provides evidence of the
growing distance between citizens and parliamentary elites.
Additionally, using data from the Comparative Candidates Survey,
the book compares the ideological congruence between citizens and
their representatives in Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece.
Selecting candidates for elections is a major goal of political
parties and a major function of political regimes in democratic
systems. With the negative effects of the economic crisis being
seen to translate into changes in voting patterns, and citizens
using elections to punish parties in government for their roles in
economic mismanagement or lack of response to the global economic
crisis, a broad examination is required. This book is presented as
the first comparative study of the effects of the political crisis
on candidate selection covering a large number of countries. Using
an integrated framework and unified strategy, it examines how new
relevant political actors are really implementing participative
ways of candidate selection, whether they are being innovative in
their political environments and the extent to which traditionally
mainstream parties are changing selection procedures to have more
open and inclusive mechanisms as part of internal, or intra-party,
democracy. The book illuminates these issues through empirically
driven chapters explaining changes in the way candidates for
parliaments are selected in countries where new parties have
emerged and consolidated, or where traditional mainstream parties
have adopted new mechanisms of selection affecting (if not
challenging) traditional politics. Additionally, therefore, this
work will serve as a response to some current debates in the
discipline on the consequences of the democratization of party
life, relating political participation and representation. This
text will be of key interest to scholars and students of political
parties, organizational change, social and political elites and
more broadly to comparative politics and sociology.
This book studies the challenges to conventional politics posed by
new ways of selecting candidates for legislative elections. The
recent economic crisis had profound political consequences on
politics, generating an upsurge in the demand for more
participative ways of decision-making in politics channelled
through social movements and individuals in different countries.
Some parties have reacted by introducing changes in their internal
organization (via intra-party democracy), particularly related to
the selection of candidates for public office. This volume explores
the trends and challenges of these new methods of selection,
analyses how the internet is increasingly being used as a selection
tool, and evaluates some of the relevant consequences related to
political representation, party cohesion and party centralization,
among others.
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