TY - BOOK ID - 142198774 TI - Party people : candidates and party evolution AU - Sikk, Allan AU - Köker, Philipp AU - European Consortium for Political Research PY - 2023 SN - 0192638483 019190466X 0192638491 PB - Oxford : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Political parties. KW - Central Europe KW - Eastern Europe KW - Political candidates KW - Political parties KW - Political party organization KW - Politics and Government. KW - Politics & government. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:142198774 AB - This work presents a candidate-based approach to party evolution, conceptualizing candidates as 'party genes' that ultimately decide what a party does and what it stands for. It draws on extensive new data from Central and Eastern Europe and beyond to show that candidate change is linked to changes in party organization, programmes, and leadership. ER -