01435pab a2200181 454500008004000000100001900040245006600059260000900125300001400134362000800148520094200156650002601098650003301124650002201157700002101179700001901200773003401219180718b2002   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aDeluca, Miguel  aBack rooms or ballot boxes? Candidate nomination in Argentina  c2002  ap.413-36.  aMay  aHow political parties select their candidates for public office profoundly affects the types of people who are elected as well as how these people behave in office.  This selection process also provides important insights on how parties function internally and on where political power is located within a country.  Only a few comparative studies of nomination procedures exist, and none explain why some parties at some points in time select candidates via direct primaries and others do not.  The authors analyze an original data set of 610 district-level nomination processes for the biennial Argentine Chamber of Deputies elections held between 1983 and 2001.  They conclude that several specific institutional and partisan features have a prominent effect on the probability that a political party will choose its candidates at the ballot box (direct primary) rather than in a smoke-filled back room (elite arrangement). Reproduced.  aElections - Argentina  aPolitical parties- Argentina  aPolitical parties  aTula, Maria Ines  aJones, Mark P.  aComparative Political Studies