Outsourcing candidate selection

The fight against clientelism in East Asian parties

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6316189
AutoresOlli Hellmann (0000-0002-7991-3624, University of Sussex, autor de correspondencia)
Año2014
Volumen20
Número1
Páginas52-62
Fecha de publicación2014-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaParty Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1354-0688 • E-ISSN: 1460-3683
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1354068811436039
OpenAlexW2167695024
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas40

Conflict between factions has been identified as an important factor explaining different procedures of candidate selection. However, the question of what drives factions in choosing certain procedures over others remains under-theorized. This article argues that, when ranking their preferences for candidate selection procedures, factions are influenced by their electoral strategy. While clientelistic factions will push for candidate selection procedures that subordinate themselves to the logic of clientelistic exchange networks, programmatic factions will try to maximize the effectiveness of formal regulations. To demonstrate this relationship, the article studies the recent development of political parties in Taiwan and South Korea, where programmatic factions have ‘outsourced’ the authority to nominate candidates to external actors, thereby moving it beyond the reach of internal patron–client networks

Clientelism · NOMINATE · Outsourcing · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Ranking (information retrieval · Selection (genetic algorithm · Sociology · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law