Pathways to Power - 9780271033754

Pathways to PowerPolitical Recruitment and Candidate Selection in Latin America\nAuthor(s): Peter M. Siavelis, Scott Morgenstern\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Pennsylvania State University Press, United States\nImprint: Pennsylvania State University Press\nISBN-13: 9780271033754, 978-0271033754\nSynopsis\nAnalyses of formal governmental institutions and electoral laws have considerably advanced our understanding of how politics works in Latin America. However, these analyses largely overlook the process of candidate recruitment and selection, an issue intricately tied to political outcomes and the functioning of democracy. \n\nIn this volume, a team of experts uses a common analytic framework developed by the editors to analyze the recruitment and selection of executive and legislative candidates in six major countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Uruguay. It does so from two perspectives. First, as a dependent variable, the volume explores the party and legal fac.