Pre-parliamentary party career and political representation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6405969 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Skorkjær Binderkrantz (0000-0002-5059-0251, Aarhus University), Marie Kaldahl Nielsen (0000-0003-4441-8559, Aarhus University), Helene Helboe Pedersen (0000-0002-2630-4518, Aarhus University, corresponding author), Mathias Wessel Tromborg (0000-0002-0194-8405, Aarhus University) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1315-1338 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | West European Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01402382.2019.1643597 |
| OpenAlex | W2967616873 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 29 |
| References cited | 44 |
Members of parliament are accountable to both their district and party. Consequently, they have to balance their responsiveness to these competing principals when their preferences diverge. Existing research on this representational dilemma focuses mostly on the role of political institutions, whereas this article offers a new individual-level explanation: pre-parliamentary party careers. Using sequence analysis, three ideal-typical pre-parliamentary career paths are identified: the party local, the party functionary, and the party civilian. The share of party locals increases over time at the expense of party civilians in the Danish parliament, and these party locals are more likely to diverge from the party’s position when it is unpopular among their constituents. These findings corroborate existing evidence of political professionalisation in parliamentary democracies, but they also suggest that professionalisation may be associated with a localisation of politics leading to more rather than less constituency representation
Political economy · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Sociology · 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 | 29 |
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| Citations per year | 5,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 28 |