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Willing to stand … if asked: Candidacy for local council elections in the Netherlands and Norway

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The availability of people willing to stand for elected political office constitutes a critical node in the study of democratic political systems. On the one hand standing for election is a form of political participation where, just as with all other forms of political activity, the question of who does and who doesn’t – or who will and who won’t – is an important issue in its own right.

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Denters, B., Rose, L. (2013). Willing to stand … if asked: Candidacy for local council elections in the Netherlands and Norway. In: Keil, S., Thaidigsmann, S. (eds) Zivile Bürgergesellschaft und Demokratie. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-00875-8_11

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