Multiple Principals and Legislative Cohesion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6300923 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen A Meserve (0000-0002-1113-5141, Texas Tech University), Stephen Meserve (Texas Tech University), Joseph Robbins (Shepherd University), Frank Thames (0000-0002-1853-628X, Texas Tech University) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 515-548 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Legislative Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-9805 • E-ISSN: 1939-9162 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/lsq.12165 |
| OpenAlex | W2588046946 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 55 |
In many systems, legislators find themselves accountable to multiple principals. This article seeks to further answer how legislators decide between their principals and what factors condition legislators to choose one over the other. We argue that electoral uncertainty, operationalized as electoral volatility, pushes legislators towards the principal that has the greatest influence over their re‐election. Using European Parliament electoral results and roll‐call data from the second to the sixth European Parliaments (1984–2009), we show that increases in electoral volatility decreased European group cohesion and pushed legislators to side more with the positions of their national parties over their European group when the two disagreed
Cohesion (chemistry · Econometrics · Economics · Electoral system · Legislature · Operationalization · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Proportional representation · Volatility (finance · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |