[Election-Methods] Partisan Politics + Candidate selection

[James Gilmour]

Fred, Juho
I have changed the subject as this post (and my reply) appeared to address a specific subset of the problem.

You MAY find it interesting to see what was said about candidate selection in a different but similar political system.  The
Electoral Reform Society asked an independent Commission to look at this whole topic.  You'll find the report (published 2003, PDF
222 KB) here:	
 http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/downloads/Candidate%20Report.pdf

James

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Fred Gohlke
	Sent:	Friday, June 06, 2008 3:57 PM
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	Subject:	Re: [Election-Methods] Partisan Politics + a method proposal

	Good Morning, Juho

	I haven't been idle.  As a result of my discussion with you and others, 
	it occurred to me we should distinguish between the process of selecting 
	candidates and the process of electing those candidates to office.  That 
	idea gradually took shape over the past couple of weeks, particularly 
	when I tried to encourage building an electoral process from scratch. 
	The comments on that effort illustrated the need for atomization; 
	reducing the elements to their most basic form.  Part of that would be 
	to address the selection and election processes separately.

	When, this week, I read Professor Jane Mansbridge's treatise, A 
	"Selection Model" of Political Representation, it jolted me.  I was 
	amazed to find there was academic interest in the selection process; a 
	topic that has occupied my mind for many years.  The method I have 
	outlined on this site is primarily concerned with selecting the best of 
	our people to serve in our government.  It is exciting to know scholarly 
	work is being done in this area.

	Jane Mansbridge is the Adams Professor of Political Leadership and 
	Democratic Values; Radcliffe Fellow, Kennedy School of Government.  If 
	you'd like to read her paper, it can be downloaded without charge from:

	http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/Research/wpaper.nsf/rwp/RWP08-010

	You may find it interesting.

	Fred
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