Title Representing the people : a survey among members of statewide and sub-state parliaments / edited by Kris Deschouwer and Sam Depauw

Edition First edition Published Oxford ; New york : Oxford university press, 2014 Oxford Oxford University Press, 2014

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Description xvi, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Series Comparative politics Contents Machine generated contents note: 1.Representing the People in Parliaments / Audrey Andre -- 2.Representational Roles / Bernhard Webels -- 3.The Representation of Old and New Groups / Bram Wauters -- 4.From Agency to Institutions and Back: Comparing Legislators' Acting on Behalf of Women in Parliamentary Democracies / Karen Celis -- 5.Electoral Rules and Legislators' Personal Vote-seeking / Zsofia Papp -- 6.Agreement, Loyalty, and Discipline: A Sequential Approach to Party Unity / Rudy B. Andeweg -- 7.MPs' Inter-party Contacts and the Operation of Party Democracy / Gabriella Ilonszki -- 8.Legislators' Constituency Orientation / Giulia Sandri -- 9.Do the Media Set the Agenda of Parliament or Is It the Other Way Around? Agenda Interactions between MPs and Mass Media / Dag Arne Christensen -- 10.Career Patterns in Multilevel Systems / Luca Verzichelli -- 11.The Institutional Constraints of Representation / Sam Depauw Notes ECPR -- Title page Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Legislators -- Cross-cultural studies. Representative government and representation -- Cross-cultural studies. Representative government and representation. Author Depauw, Sam, 1973- editor of compilation Deschouwer, Kris, editor of compilation LC no. 2013958252 ISBN 9780199684533 (hardback)

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