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100	1		_aRALLINGS, Colin _98729
245	1	0	_aParties, recruitment and modernisation : _bevidence from local election candidates
260			_aOxfordshire : _bRoutledge, _cJune 2010
520	3		_aUsing pooled data from four separate nationwide surveys of local election candidates conducted from 2006-09 the paper assesses the role and importance of parties in the recruitment and selection of candidates. In many respects candidates are similar to councillors with men outnumbering women in a two to one ratio, with very few non-white candidates coming forward for selection and an age bias towards older rather than younger people. Candidates are found generally to have higher educational qualifications and to be employed in professional and managerial populations than in the public at large. Although a majority of candidates are resident in the ward that they contest a large fraction live elsewhere, suggesting that local parties cast the net widely during the recruitment process. The data suggest that the recruitment networks used by parties are relatively closed with many candidates reporting prior experience as local party officer holders or as members of charitable organisations and local public bodies. For two-thirds of candidates the initial decision to stand follows from a request by someone else, often a fellow party member. Women are more likely to be asked than men. Although candidates are aware of the current under-representation of some social and ethnic groups they are generally against using affirmative action measures to redress any imbalance. Although local parties are sometimes seen as contributing towards the problem of under-representation of some groups on council benches the data suggest than an increase in independent candidates would be unlikely to improve the situation and could perhaps cause it to deteriorate still further
700	1		_aTHRASHER, Michael _910662
700	1		_aBORISYUK, Galina _942258
700	1		_aSHEARS, Mary _942259
773	0	8	_tLocal Government Studies _g36, 3, p. 361-380 _dOxfordshire : Routledge, June 2010 _xISSN 03003930 _w
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999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c36313 _d36313
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