The article identifies models of political careers to explain different patterns of legislative recruitment. The models examines different partisan strategies of candidates selection, according to [1] ideological position, [2] time of existence of each party organization; and [3] mobilization of individual resources or collective social resources of organizations and social associations. In this perspective, left parties would present further social pluralism in benches composition, as well as more durable and previous partisan bonds to the beginning of the political career candidates. In contrast, traditional partisan structures recruiting its candidates with personal electoral capital and political careers constructed previously and out to the party bonds. Futhermore, the time of existence of each party is an important variable to explain political careers patterns. Longevities political parties have the most endogenous partisan recruitment of its candidates.
Legislative recruitment; Political careers; Parties; Elections; Comparative politics
