Choosing you own boss: Variations of representation foci in mixed electoral systems
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Journal of Legislative StudiesPublication Volume
21Publication Issue
4Date
2015
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Members of parliament are privileged agents. They can choose who to regard as their principal: the entire nation, a particular electoral district or a political party. Focusing on two countries with mixed electoral systems, Romania and Hungary, the article documents the dominance of the electoral logic of role-formation over the constraints of legislative organisation and the influence of socialisation. The focus of representation is found to be only modestly influenced by the degree of the embeddedness of MPs in political structures and hierarchies. The association of the seat with a particular territorial unit, on the other hand, has a robust effect even when this association originates in the political environment and not in formal rules. Finally, the psychological effect of losing a Single Member District is also found to influence how MPs perceive their representative role.Publisher link
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13572334.2015.1077025identifiers
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13572334.2015.1077025ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13572334.2015.1077025
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