Determinants of Candidate Turnover in European Established Democracies with a List-PR Electoral System. Discovering The Secret Garden of Politics KU Leuven
The main goal of this thesis is to understand renewal dynamics on candidate lists that are presented to the voters by the parties on election day in European established democracies with a list-PR electoral system. Candidate turnover functions as a barometer for the dynamic character of legislative elections. It is related to (1) the adaptiveness of political parties towards the electorate, which can also connect traditionally underrepresented ...