Do Party Lists Matter? Political Party Strategies in Legislative Candidate Nominations1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6310255 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yüksel Alper Ecevit (0000-0002-9267-0962, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey, corresponding author), Gülnur Kocapınar (0000-0003-3786-6310, Department of Political Science, Sabancı University, İstanbul, Turkey) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 697-716 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Parliamentary Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-2290 • E-ISSN: 1460-2482 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/pa/gsx083 |
| OpenAlex | W2790885049 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 27 |
In electoral systems with closed party lists, it is argued that the importance of central party organisation increases at the expense of individual candidates' role in candidate nomination processes. This logic also underestimates individuals' electoral potential and focuses on individuals' allegiance to the leadership as the main asset for increasing their chances of being nominated. We argue that forming a party-list is a strategic decision based on the principle of furthering the interest of the party as a whole rather than rewarding individuals' commitment to the party and is conditional on inter-party competition. We conveyed an original dataset of candidate lists for major parties in Turkey's parliamentary elections between 1999 and 2015 and found empirical evidence for the significance of candidate lists as being used as strategic tools in inter-party electoral competition
Allegiance · Competition (biology · Democracy · Empirical evidence · General election · Legislature · Nomination · Political science · Politics · Primary election · Single non-transferable vote · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |