Add to ORKGBy focusing on parliamentary systems, this article presents an argument that legislators who have strong local ties and individual support bases are more likely to be individualistic and so break party unity in parliament. They are simply less dependent on parties for their careers, political and otherwise. The article draws on an original data set of legislators ’ votes and their biogra-phies from five European democracies. The results show that local-level political experience is a strong predictor of being a maverick in parliament
Despite a sophisticated understanding of the impact of electoral institutions on macrolevel politica...
Existing research often suggests that a greater degree of internal democracy within parties could we...
Although often theorized, empirical research on the relationship between MPs' parliamentary behaviou...
By focusing on parliamentary systems, this article presents an argument that legislators who have st...
This paper ponders the question of whether Members of Parliaments’ (MPs) previous experiences and pe...
This paper ponders the question of whether Members of Parliaments' (MPs) previous experiences and pe...
What motivates politicians to engage in legislative activities? In multilevel systems politicians ma...
This study explores political elites’ self-conceptualisation of parliamentary representation by usin...
This thesis presents a new approach to the long-standing question of how electoral rules influence t...
This article analyzes the voting behavior of Euro-parliamentarians. The roll-call data from the plen...
Members of the European Parliament (MEP) typically follow one of two career paths, either advancing ...
How do MPs in nascent legislatures choose a political party? We argue that MPs self‐select into grou...
In multi-level political systems politicians have several possible career paths, as they can advance...
The article discusses factors, determining loyalty of the European Parliament members, which is marg...
What explains whenMembers of the European Parliament (MEPs) defect from their EP party group?While p...
Despite a sophisticated understanding of the impact of electoral institutions on macrolevel politica...
Existing research often suggests that a greater degree of internal democracy within parties could we...
Although often theorized, empirical research on the relationship between MPs' parliamentary behaviou...
By focusing on parliamentary systems, this article presents an argument that legislators who have st...
This paper ponders the question of whether Members of Parliaments’ (MPs) previous experiences and pe...
This paper ponders the question of whether Members of Parliaments' (MPs) previous experiences and pe...
What motivates politicians to engage in legislative activities? In multilevel systems politicians ma...
This study explores political elites’ self-conceptualisation of parliamentary representation by usin...
This thesis presents a new approach to the long-standing question of how electoral rules influence t...
This article analyzes the voting behavior of Euro-parliamentarians. The roll-call data from the plen...
Members of the European Parliament (MEP) typically follow one of two career paths, either advancing ...
How do MPs in nascent legislatures choose a political party? We argue that MPs self‐select into grou...
In multi-level political systems politicians have several possible career paths, as they can advance...
The article discusses factors, determining loyalty of the European Parliament members, which is marg...
What explains whenMembers of the European Parliament (MEPs) defect from their EP party group?While p...
Despite a sophisticated understanding of the impact of electoral institutions on macrolevel politica...
Existing research often suggests that a greater degree of internal democracy within parties could we...
Although often theorized, empirical research on the relationship between MPs' parliamentary behaviou...