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Vägen till valsedeln, Riksdagspartiernas nomineringsprocesser och dess betydelse

Engström, Maria LU (2014) STVK02 20141
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This thesis aims to describe and discuss the nomination processes within the political parties represented in the Swedish parliament today. It describes the guidelines for each party’s nomination process and discusses the placement and presentation of candidates on the ballot paper. The processes is analysed through earlier research on representation and strategic party politics in a multiparty-system, on which the Swedish representative democracy is built upon.
The work is based upon four research questions surrounding: how the nomination process takes place, what actors are included, which candidates are chosen for the top ranking and, finally how we can try to understand these aspects.
Although most parties involve their members in... (More)
This thesis aims to describe and discuss the nomination processes within the political parties represented in the Swedish parliament today. It describes the guidelines for each party’s nomination process and discusses the placement and presentation of candidates on the ballot paper. The processes is analysed through earlier research on representation and strategic party politics in a multiparty-system, on which the Swedish representative democracy is built upon.
The work is based upon four research questions surrounding: how the nomination process takes place, what actors are included, which candidates are chosen for the top ranking and, finally how we can try to understand these aspects.
Although most parties involve their members in the nomination process, the final ranking differs from the referendum in several cases. All internal elections among members have had low participation rates and seem to have a limited importance to the ranking of candidates.
The theoretical contribution of this thesis is a further understanding of nomination processes within political parties. The work aims to show that a majority of parties use strategic ranking and especially so when important candidates are involved.
Political parties try to attract voters by presenting strong and well-known names. At the same time they need to take party members opinions into consideration. Today’s processes show a balance between democratic image, internal governing processes and strategic thinking to attract voters.
There have been some recent changes where a number of parties open up the nomination processes to non-members, although much of the work is still hidden. Despite differences between parties, common ground is that official election committees still have the final say in the nomination processes. (Less)
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author
Engström, Maria LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20141
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
partier, nominering, val, kandidater, representation, riksdag
language
Swedish
id
4448387
date added to LUP
2014-07-07 14:50:54
date last changed
2014-07-07 14:50:54
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  abstract     = {{This thesis aims to describe and discuss the nomination processes within the political parties represented in the Swedish parliament today. It describes the guidelines for each party’s nomination process and discusses the placement and presentation of candidates on the ballot paper. The processes is analysed through earlier research on representation and strategic party politics in a multiparty-system, on which the Swedish representative democracy is built upon.
The work is based upon four research questions surrounding: how the nomination process takes place, what actors are included, which candidates are chosen for the top ranking and, finally how we can try to understand these aspects.
Although most parties involve their members in the nomination process, the final ranking differs from the referendum in several cases. All internal elections among members have had low participation rates and seem to have a limited importance to the ranking of candidates.
The theoretical contribution of this thesis is a further understanding of nomination processes within political parties. The work aims to show that a majority of parties use strategic ranking and especially so when important candidates are involved.
Political parties try to attract voters by presenting strong and well-known names. At the same time they need to take party members opinions into consideration. Today’s processes show a balance between democratic image, internal governing processes and strategic thinking to attract voters.
There have been some recent changes where a number of parties open up the nomination processes to non-members, although much of the work is still hidden. Despite differences between parties, common ground is that official election committees still have the final say in the nomination processes.}},
  author       = {{Engström, Maria}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Vägen till valsedeln, Riksdagspartiernas nomineringsprocesser och dess betydelse}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}