The French National Assembly's Oversight of the Executive: Changing Role, Partisanship and Intra-Majority Conflict

Lazardeux, Sébastien G.

doi:10.1080/01402380802670578

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“…To assess the production of representatives, we rely on multiple indicators that are a selection from a great range of means available to French MPs to influence policy and to build up their personal reputation. Due to the diversification of activities French MPs have to perform (Lazardeux ), these means are varied (Kerrouche ) and French MPs display a great heterogeneity in their propensity to use them (François and Weill ; Navarro et al ). The measures we focus on reflect the most important tasks that MPs must perform in connection to the legislative, representative and control functions of the parliament.…”

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Voters’ Knowledge of Their Representatives: The Direct and Conditioned Effects of Parliamentary Work

Audigier

Navarro

2020

Swiss Political Sci Review

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This article examines factors that influence voters’ knowledge of their representatives, a key element in securing the responsiveness and accountability of parliamentarians. We argue that the parliamentary work of MPs (Members of Parliament) benefits incumbents through increased name recall, and that this relationship is conditional on: the incumbents’ candidacy; the voters’ political competence; and their ideological proximity with their representatives. Combining data on French MPs’ activities with a 2007 CSES post‐election survey enables us to test our hypotheses, while controlling for confounding factors. The empirical analysis demonstrates that some parliamentary activities increase the voters’ capacity to recall the name of their MPs. The latter are therefore incentivised to be responsive to and serve their constituents. However, we also find that voters’ political competence and ideological proximity with their MP alter the relationship between parliamentary work and name recall. This may potentially introduce some biases in the democratic process of accountability.

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Voters’ Knowledge of Their Representatives: The Direct and Conditioned Effects of Parliamentary Work

Audigier

Navarro

2020

Swiss Political Sci Review

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“…Amendments have focused mainly on parliament's legislative and oversight activities. A careful analysis of their institutional context shows that the lack of consistency within the parliamentary majority was a major factor for those changes (Lazardeux 2009). By contrast, the quality of the representative connectedness was not a matter of concern; it can even be argued that several features of the 2008 Constitution revision were detrimental to it.…”

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Far Away, So Close: Parliament and Citizens in France

Costa

Lefébure²,

Rozenberg³

et al. 2012

The Journal of Legislative Studies

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accessible en ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13572334.2012.706046International audienceThis article accounts for the paradoxical relationship between French citizens and their MPs. It is well known that the French chambers are among the weakest in Europe since the Constitution of the Fifth Republic restricts their role. The French chambers also suffer from their reputation in the public's opinion, as repeated survey results show. Therefore, despite great efforts to communicate, the National Assembly and the Senate have not succeeded in raising citizens' interest or confidence in their activities. However, at the same time, the representative link in France is characterised by MPs' personal involvement in their constituency which is strengthened by specific institutional incentives (electoral rules, accumulation of mandates, weakness of parties, etc.). Using diverse sets of data, including a survey of French députés' opinions and attitudes, this article provides a picture of contrasting features which are still part of today's debate about parliament

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“…A longitudinal attention to oversight instruments in parliaments indicates that their development may result from intra-majority conflict rather than party confrontation (Lazardeux 2009). Oral questions may particularly well express internal dissent within the majority because they are not totally controlled by the whips and because they are not associated with official sanctions (as for censure) or official decisions (as for law-making activities).…”

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Not Only a Battleground: Parliamentary Oral Questions Concerning Defence Policies in Four Western Democracies

Rozenberg

Chopin²,

Hoeffler³

et al. 2011

The Journal of Legislative Studies

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The French National Assembly's Oversight of the Executive: Changing Role, Partisanship and Intra-Majority Conflict

Cited by 19 publications

References 13 publications

Voters’ Knowledge of Their Representatives: The Direct and Conditioned Effects of Parliamentary Work

Voters’ Knowledge of Their Representatives: The Direct and Conditioned Effects of Parliamentary Work

Far Away, So Close: Parliament and Citizens in France

Not Only a Battleground: Parliamentary Oral Questions Concerning Defence Policies in Four Western Democracies

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