Candidates, Parties and Voters in the Belgian Partitocracy

1. Introduction. Candidates Between Parties and Voters: A Triadic Relationship in the Belgian Partitocracy.- 2. The Effects of the Political Parties' Selective Filter Bias on Descriptive Representation: Analysis of the Candidates' Sociological and Political Background.- 3. The More, the Smoother? Candidate Selection and Intraparty Competition.- 4. Who Wins More? Understanding Preferential Voting by Means of Context and Candidates' Background and Campaigning.- 5. The Puzzle of Personalization of Politics: Evidence From Candidate Campaigns in Belgium 2007-2014.- 6. Campaigning and Candidates: Different Strategies for Different Candidates.- 7. The Electoral Impact of Local Campaigning in the 2014 Regional and Federal Elections.- 8. Constituting the List Amid Time of Personalization of Politics: The Balance of Congruent and Popular Candidates in Belgian Political Parties.- 9. Who Do You Feel and What Future Do You Want for Belgium? A Comparison of Candidates and Voters' Identities and Institutional Preferences.- 10. From More or Less Integration to Status Quo? Explaining Candidates' and Citizens' Attitudes Towards European Integration.- 11. Between Parties and Voters: Candidates' Role Conception in the Belgian Partitocracy.- 12. Critical Candidates: Elite Attitudes Towards the Functioning of Representative Democracy.- 13. Conclusion. Studying Candidates, Parties and Voters. Lessons Learned and New Questions.