Election proximity and representation focus in party-constrained environments

Fernandes, Jorge M.; Leston-Bandeira, Cristina; Schwemmer, Carsten

Election proximity and representation focus in party-constrained environments

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2017

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Fernandes, Jorge M.

Leston-Bandeira, Cristina

Schwemmer, Carsten

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Open Access Green

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Politik- und Verwaltungswissenschaft

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Party Politics. 2017, 24(6), pp. 674-685. ISSN 1354-0688. eISSN 1460-3683. Available under: doi: 10.1177/1354068817689955

Zusammenfassung

Do elected representatives have a time-constant representation focus or do they adapt their focus depending on election proximity? In this article, we examine these overlooked theoretical and empirical puzzles by looking at how reelection-seeking actors adapt their legislative behavior according to the electoral cycle. In parliamentary democracies, representatives need to serve two competing principals: their party and their district. Our analysis hinges on how representatives make a strategic use of parliamentary written questions in a highly party-constrained institutional context to heighten their reselection and reelection prospects. Using an original data set of over 32,000 parliamentary questions tabled by Portuguese representatives from 2005 to 2015, we examine how time interacts with two key explanatory elements: electoral vulnerability and party size. Results show that representation focus is not static over time and, in addition, that electoral vulnerability and party size shape strategic use of parliamentary questions.

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320 Politik

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electoral cycle, electoral vulnerability, parliamentary questions, parliamentary party groups, political representation

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FERNANDES, Jorge M., Cristina LESTON-BANDEIRA, Carsten SCHWEMMER, 2017. Election proximity and representation focus in party-constrained environments. In: Party Politics. 2017, 24(6), pp. 674-685. ISSN 1354-0688. eISSN 1460-3683. Available under: doi: 10.1177/1354068817689955

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@article{Fernandes2017-12-28Elect-44451,
  year={2017},
  doi={10.1177/1354068817689955},
  title={Election proximity and representation focus in party-constrained environments},
  number={6},
  volume={24},
  issn={1354-0688},
  journal={Party Politics},
  pages={674--685},
  author={Fernandes, Jorge M. and Leston-Bandeira, Cristina and Schwemmer, Carsten}
}

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