Can too much participation harm democracy? Democratic theory places great importance
upon the conduct of elections, but it is not often recognized that the electoral game takes …

The Challenges of Intra-Party Democracy provides a comprehensive examination of both
the concept and the practice of intra-party democracy (IPD). Acknowledging that IPD is now …

Reuven Y. Hazan and Gideon Rahat* candidate selection calls it the 'secret garden'of
politics. However, the more recent research into this subfield, particularly in the last decade …

The article provides an overview of intra-party candidate selection methods. It explains the
significance of candidate selection and presents two main elements that distinguish …

Canadians often see politicians as little more than trained seals who vote on command and
repeat robotic talking points. Politicians are torn by dilemmas of loyalty to party versus loyalty …

This book develops a unified theory of economic statecraft to clarify when and how sanctions
and incentives can be used effectively to secure meaningful policy concessions. High-profile …

Canada's representative democracy is confronting important challenges. At the top of the list
is the growing inability of the national government to perform its most important roles …

This article suggests guidelines for identifying the ramifications of central elements of
candidate selection methods for various democratic dimensions–participation, competition …

Electoral systems at the national level and candidate selection methods at the party level are
connected, maybe not causally but they do influence each other. More precisely, the …

Does lawmaker behavior influence electoral outcomes? Observational studies cannot
elucidate the effect of legislative proposals on electoral outcomes, since effects are …