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District Magnitude and Home Styles of Representation in European Democracies.
- Source :
- West European Politics; Sep2013, Vol. 36 Issue 5, p986-1006, 21p
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- How political representatives interact with constituents is contingent on the conditions under which they compete for re-election. It has been the assumption that intra-party competition shapes legislators’ incentive to cultivate a personal reputation and thereby the incentive to engage in any constituency-oriented action that reputation may be built on. Using data from the PARTIREP cross-national survey among regional and national legislators in 12 European democracies, the assumption is proven to be inaccurate: focusing on more than one action at a time, it becomes clear that district magnitude increases the time representatives spend on some constituency-oriented actions and decreases the time they spend on others (even when the electoral incentive to nurture a personal reputation is strong). The article demonstrates that representatives’ choice to engage in four constituency-oriented actions is related to the nature of these home styles and their electoral utility in a given context. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01402382
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- West European Politics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 89578287
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2013.796183