This thesis explores and explains intra-party ideological diversity (IPD), which we define as the variety of ideological positions taken by Members of Parliament (MPs) with regard to their party at different levels of organization. Using the principal-agent theory, as well as the literature on the territorial organization of political parties, we consider MPs as agents of competing principals: the constituents and the party at the local, regional and national levels. Their expectations on how their agent should behave are potentially contradictory. We propose a twofold operationalization of IPD. At the aggregate level, we define IPD as the disagreement of experts regarding the positioning of parties on several dimensions of interest. We use...
Party cohesion is a central issue in legislative studies. The way cohesion is reached in parliamenta...
How can we best measure and study issues related to political parties, and how can we break the part...
457 pagesThis dissertation explores how ideological pluralism manifests itself in the local activiti...
Cette thèse explore et explique la diversité idéologique intra-partisane (DIP), que nous définissons...
We propose a framework to explain intra-party ideological diversity by taking into account the alloc...
We propose a framework to explain intra-party ideological diversity by taking into account the alloc...
This article develops a framework to explain ideological diversity within political parties in parli...
What can account for ideological diversity among MPs from the same parliamentary party? While the ma...
What can account for ideological diversity among MPs from the same parliamentary party? While the ma...
Within the literature devoted to the study of political parties, scholars have recently directed mor...
In this chapter we analyze the internal ideological homogeneity of Belgian parties and we compare it...
This thesis studies the interplay between Euroscepticism, party politics, and political gain. More s...
Like European political parties, French political parties face a number of challenges and are subjec...
Outside the US, the crucial question of how well politicians represent the preferences of voters is ...
429 p.Since the mid 1980s, European integration has entered in a phase of acceleration which leads t...
Party cohesion is a central issue in legislative studies. The way cohesion is reached in parliamenta...
How can we best measure and study issues related to political parties, and how can we break the part...
457 pagesThis dissertation explores how ideological pluralism manifests itself in the local activiti...
Cette thèse explore et explique la diversité idéologique intra-partisane (DIP), que nous définissons...
We propose a framework to explain intra-party ideological diversity by taking into account the alloc...
We propose a framework to explain intra-party ideological diversity by taking into account the alloc...
This article develops a framework to explain ideological diversity within political parties in parli...
What can account for ideological diversity among MPs from the same parliamentary party? While the ma...
What can account for ideological diversity among MPs from the same parliamentary party? While the ma...
Within the literature devoted to the study of political parties, scholars have recently directed mor...
In this chapter we analyze the internal ideological homogeneity of Belgian parties and we compare it...
This thesis studies the interplay between Euroscepticism, party politics, and political gain. More s...
Like European political parties, French political parties face a number of challenges and are subjec...
Outside the US, the crucial question of how well politicians represent the preferences of voters is ...
429 p.Since the mid 1980s, European integration has entered in a phase of acceleration which leads t...
Party cohesion is a central issue in legislative studies. The way cohesion is reached in parliamenta...
How can we best measure and study issues related to political parties, and how can we break the part...
457 pagesThis dissertation explores how ideological pluralism manifests itself in the local activiti...