Working as a team
Do legislators coordinate their geographic representation efforts in party-centred environments
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6314718 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lucas Geese (0000-0002-5085-5029, University of East Anglia, corresponding author), Javier Martínez-Cantó (0000-0001-6389-7079, University of Konstanz) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 918-928 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Party Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-0688 • E-ISSN: 1460-3683 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/13540688221098157 |
| OpenAlex | W4280627188 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 43 |
Why do legislators engage in geographic representation in party-centred electoral systems, where they face weak re-election incentives to cultivate a personal vote? Existing research offers cross-pressuring incentive structures and intrinsic localism motivations as individual-level factors to explain this puzzle. In this article, we propose an alternative argument based on the principle of collective action within party-internal structures of labour division. We argue that legislators elected in the same multi-member district and under the same party label (party delegations) share collective vote-seeking incentives to collaborate with each other in order to strike a balance between the collective benefits and individual costs of constituency-oriented activities. Results from a comparative study of written parliamentary questions in Germany and Spain support our argument. Specifically, the study suggests that individual localism attributes interact with the team composition of party delegations to shape constituency-orientated behaviour
Argument (complex analysis · Business · Collective action · Economics · Incentive · Law and economics · Localism · Microeconomics · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Representation (politics · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Political Systems and Governance · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |