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11.1 Introduction 11.1 Introduction
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11.2 Presidential Pathways: Candidates’ Selection and Nomination 11.2 Presidential Pathways: Candidates’ Selection and Nomination
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11.2.1 Presidential Selectorates 11.2.1 Presidential Selectorates
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11.2.2 Candidate-Centred Nominations 11.2.2 Candidate-Centred Nominations
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11.2.3 Party-Centred Nominations 11.2.3 Party-Centred Nominations
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11.2.4 Self-Recruitment 11.2.4 Self-Recruitment
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11.3 Presidential Profiles: The Research Agenda 11.3 Presidential Profiles: The Research Agenda
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11.3.1 Partisan Background (Insiders, Adherents, Outsiders) 11.3.1 Partisan Background (Insiders, Adherents, Outsiders)
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11.3.2 Previous Political Experience (from Newcomers to Incumbents) 11.3.2 Previous Political Experience (from Newcomers to Incumbents)
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11.3.3 Social Background or Personal Characteristics 11.3.3 Social Background or Personal Characteristics
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11.4 The Future Research Agenda 11.4 The Future Research Agenda
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11.4.1 Comparative Concerns and Data Collection 11.4.1 Comparative Concerns and Data Collection
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11.4.2 New Topics of Study 11.4.2 New Topics of Study
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11.5 Conclusion 11.5 Conclusion
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References References
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11 Presidential Pathways and Profiles
Get accessMagna Inácio is Associate Professor in the Department of the Political Science at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, in Brazil. She is currently carrying out research on presidents and presidencies with focus on the dynamic of multi-party cabinets, executive–legislative relations, and internal organization of the executive branch. Her research interests include coalition governments, the institutional presidency, and parliamentary elites in Brazil and Latin America. She has co-edited the books Legislativo Brasileiro em Perspectiva comparada (with Lucio Rennó); Elites Parlamentares na América Latina (with Anastasia, Mateos, and Mendes); and published articles in several journals such as Presidential Studies Quarterly, Journal of Politics in Latin America, Brazilian Political Science Review, and America Latina Hoy.
Mariana Llanos is Lead Research Fellow at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Institute of Latin American Studies, in Hamburg, Germany, and the head of the Accountability and Participation research programme at the same institution. She has been conducting comparative research on the political institutions of Latin America, with a special focus on Argentina and Brazil for many years, and has published several books and numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. Her most recent research interests include the institutional presidency, presidential term limits, impeachments and impeachment threats, and the relationship between courts and the elected branches. Her newest projects examine the impact of presidential term limit reforms on political regime developments in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa and institutional innovations for social participation in the decision-making processes of Latin American courts. These projects are funded by the German Research Foundation.
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Published:06 August 2020
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Abstract
This chapter brings together different strands of literature to, first, analyse the procedures and pathways followed for the selection of chief executives in democratic regimes with directly elected presidents; and, second, the attributes of those who are elected. Presidential elections are an electorally challenging and politically strategic contest shaped by different institutional, partisan, and contextual factors. We show that the parties’ and candidates’ moves in the selection process particularly depend on whether it occurs in one or in several stages and on which selection method is used. We identify candidate-centered and party-centered nominations as well as situations of self-recruitment. We analyse how the interaction of legal and party variables explain different outcomes in terms of candidate profile. Three distinctive aspects are highlighted in the literature when we come to presidential profiles: the extent to which the candidate is a party-loyal person; what kind of previous political experience he or she has; and what his or her typical social background is.
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