TY - BOOK AU - Sikk,Allan AU - Köker,Philipp ED - European Consortium for Political Research, TI - Party people: candidates and party evolution T2 - Comparative politics SN - 9780191904660 AV - JF2051 U1 - 324.2 23 PY - 2023/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Political candidates KW - Europe, Central KW - Europe, Eastern KW - Political parties KW - Political party organization KW - Politics and Government KW - ukslc KW - Politics & government KW - thema N1 - Also issued in print: 2023; At foot of title: ECPR; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - 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 UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198868125.001.0001 ER -