Not All Roads Lead to Rome
The Conditional Effect of Legislative Activity on Reselection Prospects in Italy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6312935 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francesco Marangoni (0000-0001-9355-2135, Dipartimento di Scienze Sociali, Politiche e Cognitive, Università di Siena, Siena, Italy), Federico Russo (0000-0002-0052-6796, Dipartimento di Storia, Società e Studi Sull'uomo, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 888-907 |
| Publication date | 2018-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Parliamentary Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-2290 • E-ISSN: 1460-2482 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/pa/gsx052 |
| OpenAlex | W2789107352 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 25 |
The literature shows that, on average, electorally vulnerable Members of \nParliament (MPs) are more active than their colleagues. This article investigates \nwhether parties have an incentive to reselect active MPs in a county with a \nclosed-list electoral system. Being active is usually a way to increase one’s visibility \namong the constituency. We argue that parties have incentives to reselect active \nMPs only when they believe that voters pay attention to the qualities of individual \ncandidates. The Italian case is a perfect case to test this argument because the \nattention paid by voters to individual candidates varies significantly between the \nnorthern and southern regions. Our empirical analysis reveals that being active \nleads to a higher probability to be re-selected only in regions where the style of \nrepresentation is personalised
Argument (complex analysis · Demographic economics · Economics · Geography · Incentive · Legislature · Microeconomics · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Representation (politics · Style (visual arts · Test (biology · Visibility · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Media Influence and Politics · Populism, Right-Wing Movements
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
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| Citations per year | 2,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |