The selection of politicians in times of crisis / edited by Xavier Coller, Guillermo Cordero, and Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Economic crisis and the selection of candidates / Xavier Coller, Guillermo Cordero, and Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo -- Political crisis and its effect on candidate selection / Klaus Detterbeck -- Austria : radition and innovation in legislative candidate selection / Marcelo Jenny -- The curious stability of candidate selection methods in Belgium in times of crisis / Audrey Vandeleene and Lieven De Winter -- Leader as a focal point : new political entrepreneurs and candidate selection in the Czech Republic / Vit́ Hlousěk and Lubomiŕ Kopecek -- Contagion effects by the AfD? : candidate selection in Germany / Marion Reiser -- New actors, old practices? : candidate selection and recruitment patterns in Greece / Manina Kakepaki -- Representation in crisis : the Icelandic case / Gunnar Helgi Kristinsson and Eva H. On̈nudot́tir -- Candidate selection in Ireland : New Parties and candidate diversity / Theresa Reidy -- The hurricane in parliament. M5s and its MPs, selection procedures, profiles and legislative behavior / Antonella Seddone and Stefano Rombi -- New political parties in Latin America : a new way of selection and new elite profiles? / Meĺany Barragań and Asbel Bohigues -- Party-protective institutions and candidate selection for Mexico's Chamber of Deputies / Joy Langston -- The limits of party change : candidate selection in Portugal in the age of crisis / Marco Lisi -- New parties and New ways of candidate selection in Spain / Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo, Xavier Coller, and Guillermo Cordero -- US politics in a post crisis era : populism, polarization and candidate selection / Patricia Craig -- The effects of the great recession on candidate selection in America and Europe / Guillermo Cordero, Xavier Coller and Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo.