Representing the People in Parliaments

Deschouwer, Kris; Depauw, Sam; André, Audrey

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199684533.003.0001

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“…Despite the difficulty in obtaining the data and its limitations, it is relatively representative: it presents an adequate division between PR and SMD systems, as well as encompassing parties from the entire political spectrum, varying in size and in coalition participation. The Duncan index of dissimilarity, which measures the percentage differences between the distribution in the population and the sample, shows that the selection closely resembles the population in most respects (for an elaboration of the representativeness of the PARTIREP survey, see Deschouwer et al, 2014).…”

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Unpacking Party Unity: The Combined Effects of Electoral Systems and Candidate Selection Methods on Legislative Attitudes and Behavioural Norms

Itzkovitch-Malka

Hazan

2016

Political Studies

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This article analyses the effect of electoral systems, candidate selection methods and the interplay between them on individual legislative attitudes and behavioural norms, specifically on two facets of party unity: party agreement and party loyalty. Our main argument is that one must take into account the effect of inter-as well as intra-party competition, and the interaction between the two, in order to explain individual legislative attitudes and norms. Using data from 34 European parties across 10 countries, we show that under exclusive candidate selection methods, there are large differences between proportional representation and single-member district electoral systems in their effect on party agreement and party loyalty. Under inclusive candidate selection methods, however, such differences are much less apparent. In other words, the candidate selection method conditions the influence of the electoral system on legislative attitudes and behavioural norms.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Unpacking Party Unity: The Combined Effects of Electoral Systems and Candidate Selection Methods on Legislative Attitudes and Behavioural Norms

Itzkovitch-Malka

Hazan

2016

Political Studies

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“…Duncan indices of dissimilarity, however, indicate that differences between the sample and population distributions are not large (see Deschouwer et al. : 10–11). Most importantly, the deviation between the statewide and regional levels of government is only 8 per cent; 3 per cent for the balance between parties supporting the government and opposition parties; and 4 per cent for the balance between the sexes.…”

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State structure and political representation: Comparing the views of statewide and sub‐state legislators across 14 countries

André

Depauw

Deschouwer

2016

European J Political Res

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How the recent creation, re‐invention or reinforcement of regional levels of political decision making across Europe compounds political representation is one of the key issues of contemporary democratic government. Despite growing scholarly interest, the critical question as to whether the regional institutional setting has brought about distinct representational roles among sub‐state legislators has yet to be addressed. To advance research in this field, this study bridges the literature on multilevel politics and legislative studies that to date have developed in isolation. Using innovative survey data from 14 statewide and 56 regional legislatures across Europe, it provides the first comprehensive test of how the state structure affects a legislator's views on representation. The results highlight that, relative to legislators in unitary states and national legislators in multilevel states, legislators at the regional level are more constituency‐oriented. Moreover, this heightened responsiveness to constituents at the regional level is not offset by weaker collective representation operating through political parties. Beyond these findings’ immediate relevance to scholars of federalism/regionalisation and parliaments, they also speak to the wider normative debate about the quality of political representation and public policy.

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“…In all the cases, the Duncan index is <15, suggesting that our respondents closely represent the population of candidates in terms of key aspects. Altogether, this (Scully et al, 2012) provides data on individual members of the European Parliament, whereas PartiRep surveys national and regional legislators in 15 advanced democracies (Deschouwer and Depauw, 2014). 5 Rather than focussing only on elected representatives, the EECS, which is included in the PIREDEU project (Giebler and Wüst, 2011), and the CCS have collected data about candidates running for European and national parliamentary elections, respectively.…”

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Candidates in 2013 Italian general election: evidence from the Italian Candidate Survey

Virgilio

Giannetti

Pedrazzani

et al. 2015

Riv. Ital. Sci. Polit.

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Changes in electoral politics in contemporary democracies have contributed to shifting the focus of research from parties to individual candidates. The 2013 Italian Candidate Survey (ICS) has collected original survey data with the aim of gaining new insights into the role of political elites, looking in particular at the candidates running for office in the last Italian general election. Based on interviews with individual candidates, the ICS provides a tool for analysing party members; and for comparing them with voters in several ways. In this paper, we spell out the main features of our research that was conducted within the framework of a larger project that examined political representation in Italy between 2013 and 2015. Moreover, we offer three examples of potential applications of ICS data. First, we present a model of political representation favoured by Italian candidates that matches with a well-known typology of political representation. Second, we utilize our ICS data to estimate candidates' policy preferences and to assess the level of congruence with their voters. Finally, by comparing the distribution of candidates' self-placements and their own party mean position on the left-right scale, we show how our data can be used to explore intra-party cohesion.

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Representing the People in Parliaments

Cited by 48 publications

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Unpacking Party Unity: The Combined Effects of Electoral Systems and Candidate Selection Methods on Legislative Attitudes and Behavioural Norms

Unpacking Party Unity: The Combined Effects of Electoral Systems and Candidate Selection Methods on Legislative Attitudes and Behavioural Norms

State structure and political representation: Comparing the views of statewide and sub‐state legislators across 14 countries

Candidates in 2013 Italian general election: evidence from the Italian Candidate Survey

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