Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: Candidates, Parties and Voters in Representative Democracies -- 2 Office or Policies? Exploring Candidates' Motivations to Run for a Party and the Triggering Role of Political Contexts -- 3 Candidate Selection: Still a Secret Garden? -- 4 Candidate Campaigns in Comparative Perspective -- 5 Determinants of Personalised Campaigning: A Comparative Analysis -- 6 Candidates' Representational Roles
7 Intra-Party Ideological Heterogeneity: Are Candidates Agents of their Parties? -- 8 Policy Representation in Europe -- 9 The Beliefs of Parliamentary Candidates on Electoral Democracy. Who are the Guardians of Democracy and What Motivates Them? -- 10 Conclusion and Perspectives -- Appendix: Comparative Candidate Survey Data and Methods -- Index