Pressure and Politics in a Decentralized Candidate Selection System
The Case of the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3757780 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patricia Craig (Yale-NUS College, Singapore, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 799-818 |
| Publication date | 2016-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002764216632819 |
| OpenAlex | W2274058569 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 52 |
The candidate selection process in the United States has been, since the second half of the 20th century, one of the most inclusive and decentralized among the developed democracies. While such systems often presuppose party weakness or lack of control over the process, this article shows that patterns of campaign finance indicate that party weakness over candidate selection in the U.S. case may be overestimated. It also argues that a very open selection process offers opportunities for insurgent movements within parties that bring new ideas and demands. Finally, it suggests that political culture may mediate the relationship between party strength and democratized selection methods
Control (management) · Economics · Management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Process (computing) · Selection (genetic algorithm) · Sociology · Weakness · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |