Selection of Politicians in Times of Crisis

Xavier Coller is Professor of Sociology at the Universidad Pablo de Olavide in Seville, Spain.Guillermo Cordero is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain.Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Universidad de Málaga, Spain.

• 1. Economic Crisis and the Selection of Candidates [Xavier Coller, Guillermo Cordero, and Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo] 2. Political Crisis and its Effect on Candidate Selection [Klaus Detterbeck] 3. Austria: Tradition and Innovation in Legislative Candidate Selection [Marcelo Jenny] 4. The Curious Stability of Candidate Selection Methods in Belgium in Times of Crisis [Audrey Vandeleene and Lieven De Winter] 5. Leader as a Focal Point: New Political Entrepreneurs and Candidate Selection in the Czech Republic [Vít Hloušek and Lubomír Kopeček] 6. Contagion Effects by the AfD? Candidate Selection in Germany [Marion Reiser] 7. New Actors, Old Practices? Candidate Selection and Recruitment Patterns in Greece [Manina Kakepaki] 8. Representation in Crisis: The Icelandic Case [Gunnar Helgi Kristinsson and Eva H. Önnudóttir] 9. Candidate Selection in Ireland: New Parties and Candidate Diversity [Theresa Reidy] 10. The Hurricane in Parliament: M5s and its MPs, Selection Procedures, Profiles and Legislative Behavior [Antonella Seddone and Stefano Rombi] 11: New Political Parties in Latin America: A New Way of Selection and New Elite Profiles? [Mélany Barragán and Asbel Bohigues] 12. Party-protective Institutions and Candidate Selection for Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies [Joy Langston] 13. The Limits of Party Change: Candidate Selection in Portugal in the Age of Crisis [Marco Lisi] 14. New Parties and New Ways of Candidate Selection in Spain [Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo, Xavier Coller, and Guillermo Cordero] 15. US Politics in a Post Crisis Era: Populism, Polarization and Candidate Selection [Patricia Craig] 16. The Effects of the Great Recession on Candidate Selection in America and Europe [Guillermo Cordero, Xavier Coller and Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo]