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Candidate Selection in the Labour Party: What the Selectors Seek
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 January 2009
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Elections in democratic societies are open, well-publicized events. But preceding the glamour of modern election campaigns and the drama of election-night broadcasts there is a process which usually receives little attention or publicity. Political parties, which dominate elections, choose their candidates.
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