Moving up or down
Parliamentary Activity and Candidate Selection
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6292452 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tom Louwerse (0000-0003-4131-2724, Leiden University, corresponding author), Cynthia Van Vonno (0000-0002-6123-8886, Leiden University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 216-242 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Legislative Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1357-2334 • E-ISSN: 1743-9337 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13572334.2021.1885871 |
| OpenAlex | W3130739410 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 39 |
Although often theorised, empirical research concerning the relationship between parties' candidate selection and MPs' parliamentary activity is scarce. Our analysis focuses on the Dutch case, which features national party lists. It is therefore well-suited to examine the relationship between parliamentary activity (in terms of speeches, resolutions, amendments and questions) and candidate selection: are MPs reselected and do they move up or down the candidate list from one election to the next? We expect that more active MPs have a higher probability of reselection and promotion, i.e. moving up the candidate list. The empirical analysis of the Dutch lower house of Parliament between 1998 and 2017 combines data from the Dutch Parliamentary Behaviour Dataset with data on parliamentary speech-making. Our main finding is that speaking in the plenary is the parliamentary activity most strongly related to reselection and promotion
General election · Lower house · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Promotion (chess · Selection (genetic algorithm · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Public Administration
Comparative politics with intraparty candidate selection
Party selectors, voters, and the choice of productive representatives under different types of list proportional representation
Private members’ bills & parliamentary motions
Gender and social media campaigning
Political ambition and opposition legislative review
Playing by the rules? The formal and informal rules of candidate selection
Mutual restraint in nondemocratic legislatures
A multi-stage and multi-actor perspective on intra-party competition
No I in team? parties' and voters' gendered response to pronominal choice in parliamentary speechmaking in Estonia
Explaining Interruption Behavior in Parliament
Loyal lists, distinctive districts
The partisan foundations of parliamentary speech
Rewarding Some, But Not All? The Selectoral Consequences of Parliamentary Activity for Newcomers and Experienced MPs in Belgium (1995–2019)
Practice makes ‘perfect’? The effect of committee specialization on the complexity of parliamentary speeches
Geographical Representation Under a Single Nationwide District
What makes politicians work harder? The role of electoral advantage
The good, the loyal or the active? MPs’ parliamentary performance and the achievement of static and progressive career ambitions in parliament
Term limits in parliament and electoral disconnection
Emotions in the aisles
Candidate selection and its behavioral consequences
Responsiveness to requests for constituency service
Legislative Voting and Accountability
Party Discipline and Parliamentary Politics
A Caution Regarding Rules of Thumb for Variance Inflation Factors
The logic of delegation
Congress, The Electoral Connection
Congress
Electoral Systems and Candidate Selection
The Dutch Parliamentary Behaviour Dataset
The Voters Decide
Power to the Parties
Personalised parliamentary behaviour without electoral incentives
Parliamentary questions as strategic party tools
Political Parties and the Adoption of Candidate Gender Quotas
Party nomination strategies in flexible-list systems
Staying active and focused? The effect of parliamentary performance on candidate renomination and promotion
Candidate Selection Methods
Pathways to party unity
Bringing Parties Into Parliament
Same Species, Different Breed
The Web of Authority
To use the whip or not
The influence of candidate selection methods on legislatures and legislators
Party unity in parliamentary democracies
Part 1
Part 1
Voters and their representatives
Political parties in parliamentary democracies
Personal vote‐seeking in flexible list systems
Content Matters
Competing Principals, Political Institutions, and Party Unity in Legislative Voting
Where's the Party
Incentives to cultivate a personal vote
Demoted leaders and exiled candidates
Political Science and World Stabilization
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |