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The Latin American experience suggests primary elections can be effective but not a magic recipe for party democratisation

Freidenberg, Flavia and Pomares, Julia (2014) The Latin American experience suggests primary elections can be effective but not a magic recipe for party democratisation. Democratic Audit Blog (22 May 2014). Website.

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Abstract

Both Labour and the Conservatives have been experimenting with primary elections to select candidates, as a means of reconnecting their parties with the electorate at a time of diminishing membership levels. There are lessons to be learned from countries around the world that use primaries. In this post, Flavia Freidenberg and Julia Pomares discuss the experience of Latin America, where a range of different systems for candidate selection are in place.

Item Type: Online resource (Website)
Official URL: http://www.democraticaudit.com/
Additional Information: © 2014 Democratic Audit UK
Divisions: LSE
Subjects: J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
J Political Science > JL Political institutions (America except United States)
J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Date Deposited: 11 Jul 2014 11:43
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 19:15
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/57748

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