Young blood: Needed or discarded? Untangling party strategies for the selection of young candidates
Nina De Smedt,
Audrey Vandeleene
Abstract:Young people are three times more present in the population than in elected assemblies. Their critical underrepresentation has so far received much less scholarly attention than other well-studied social groups, despite, for instance, women being underrepresented in parliaments to a smaller extent. This research investigates the reasons why parties, usually pointed as those who can sway group representation in politics, do (not) select young people for parliamentary elections. In-depth interviews have been con… Show more
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