Candidates, Parties and Voters in the Belgian Partitocracy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Vandeleene, Audrey (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), De Winter, Lieven (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Baudewyns, Pierre (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Elections.; Europe-Politics and government.; Political science.; Democracy.; Political theory.; Electoral Politics.; European Politics.; Governance and Government.; Political Theory.

A black box in the study of representation in European democracies is our knowledge about elected but also unelected candidates. What is their background? How are they recruited? What are their campaign aims, strategies, resources and tools? How do they relate to their (constituency and central) par...