Tired or excluded? This text maps the profile of the politicians who most frequently tend to give upthe race for office. It is based on research covering legislative elections between 1990 and 2006,observing the profile of representatives and senators who refused to be considered the “naturalcandidates” and opted not to run for re-election nor go for higher-level offices. Politicians who ranfor offices that are considered to be of lesser prestige than the ones originally occupied are alsoincluded in our analysis, in order to look at unsuccessful trajectories and compare them with casesin which a mandate has been given up completely. This group of members of parliament could, ata first glance, seem to constitute the exception to the well-kno...
Periodic elections are the main instrument through which voters can hold politicians accountable. Fr...
Every election sees a number of parliamentarians leave the House of Commons. Through outlining the e...
This study focuses on the exit of MPs of underrepresented groups – i.e., women, visible minorities a...
Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Departamento de Soci...
Does stiffer electoral competition reduce political rent-seeking behavior? For a microanalysis of th...
How do politicians react to a political earthquake? In this article, we study politicians’ – rather ...
In this dissertation, turnover in regional parliament was studied, as well as life after leaving. Li...
This article analyses how and why regional MPs leave parliament. Both population and survey data wer...
In this article, we study politicians’ – rather than voters’ – responses to the main political scand...
Why are certain Members of Parliament (MPs) more likely to get re-candidacy for national legislative...
Under what conditions do oppositional politicians in Western parliamentarian democracies repeat as c...
Little is known about the careers of parliamentarians after they leave parliament. We analyse the po...
This study sought to investigate the presence and women's political career in the state of Brazil el...
This master thesis investigates the formation of political elites, with a particular focus on local ...
This paper studies the characteristics of the ghost deputies of the FrenchNational Assembly, i.e. d...
Periodic elections are the main instrument through which voters can hold politicians accountable. Fr...
Every election sees a number of parliamentarians leave the House of Commons. Through outlining the e...
This study focuses on the exit of MPs of underrepresented groups – i.e., women, visible minorities a...
Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Departamento de Soci...
Does stiffer electoral competition reduce political rent-seeking behavior? For a microanalysis of th...
How do politicians react to a political earthquake? In this article, we study politicians’ – rather ...
In this dissertation, turnover in regional parliament was studied, as well as life after leaving. Li...
This article analyses how and why regional MPs leave parliament. Both population and survey data wer...
In this article, we study politicians’ – rather than voters’ – responses to the main political scand...
Why are certain Members of Parliament (MPs) more likely to get re-candidacy for national legislative...
Under what conditions do oppositional politicians in Western parliamentarian democracies repeat as c...
Little is known about the careers of parliamentarians after they leave parliament. We analyse the po...
This study sought to investigate the presence and women's political career in the state of Brazil el...
This master thesis investigates the formation of political elites, with a particular focus on local ...
This paper studies the characteristics of the ghost deputies of the FrenchNational Assembly, i.e. d...
Periodic elections are the main instrument through which voters can hold politicians accountable. Fr...
Every election sees a number of parliamentarians leave the House of Commons. Through outlining the e...
This study focuses on the exit of MPs of underrepresented groups – i.e., women, visible minorities a...