... of the Oxford University Press, Standard Journals Publication Model ( https://dbpia.nl.go.kr/pages/standard-publication-reuse-rights ) Abstract This article investigates how Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) allocate resources between their parliamentary and constituency work, focusing...

... of measures to protect their personal security. This trend is particularly evident at the local level, with MPs adjusting their constituency service on security grounds in ways that likely affect how they interact with constituents. Despite potentially significant representative implications, these enhanced...

...) are increasing the time and resources devoted to constituency work. This article explores how MPs, as parties’ representatives, engage with constituents, and whether this work takes the disconnected form expected in a political void. Interviews with 20 Australian state legislators show MPs building policy...

... his electoral prospects, however, the adoption of a constituency focus/role is not mechanically given. According to our theory, that decision will be dependent on factors such as deeply rooted biographical and social factors and the resources at their disposal (position within the party, access...

... Assembly) use Multi Member Proportional Representation electoral systems. These bodies have two groups of representatives, regional and constituency, elected through different methods. Using a survey of members of the public who contacted their representative, constituency representatives are shown to have...

.../journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model ) Abstract With only a handful of exceptions, most research examining the impact of constituency preferences on committee assignments in legislatures outside the USA is comprised of single-case studies. This raises the question...

...Mihail Chiru Constituency questions can mobilize different type of votes through different vote-winning strategies. Thus, citizens who contacted the MP and received help ( Parker and Goodman, 2009 ) in the form of an information requested through a parliamentary question or of forwarding...

... unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract The concept of ‘instrument constituencies’ has recently emerged in policy research to reflect actors and practices focused primarily on articulating and promoting policy solutions. A central...

... rights to stockholders somehow implicitly empower directors to regard other constituencies as equal ends in governance. By continuing to suggest that corporate boards themselves are empowered to treat the best interests of other corporate constituencies as ends in themselves, no less important than...

... to their constituents’ economic interests and use their positions on these committees to increase their re-election chances ( Mayhew, 1974 ; Shepsle, 1978 ). This theory is supported by a sizeable body of this research, though one that is largely concentrated on US legislatures ( Weingast and Marshall, 1988 ; Hall...

..., the analysis suggests MPs’ preferences had little effect on voting behaviour on this issue. Constituency pressures Free votes Party cohesion Party loyalty Preferences. In studying the voting behaviour of Members of Parliament (MPs), ‘party’ plays an influential role in most legislatures, with high levels...

... who votes for a party they believe is more likely to win than their preferred party, to best influence who wins in the constituency’. Instead of ‘tactical’ we label such a voter ‘strategic’.) Because of its potential to decide an election, researchers have put much effort into understanding the logic...

...Do dependents in the noun phrase form a layered structure, in which all constituents are binary? Arguments have been offered for this analysis, which on closer inspection often take their conclusion as a premise. The first part of this chapter argues that as they stand none are at all convincing...

... at different levels of abstraction; the extent to which analysis into constituents is justified; and the dangers of adopting theories of syntactic constructions which are restricted too precisely. adverbs attributive adjectives conversion parts of speech predicative adjectives progressive Sapir...

... of the grammaticization process are neither domain-specific nor species-specific. This chapter addresses the mechanism behind the hierarchical arrangement of linguistic elements into constituents, emphasizing the role of language use and repetition. The existence of constituent structure and the hierarchical organization...

... forms of political representation we need to add to this triangular conception the ideas of the maker (of claims) and the audience (for claims). The crucial notions of constituency and audience are elaborated, showing their dynamic and interlinked character. The account is designed both to capture...

... character of representative claims is examined, not by offering an independent theory of legitimacy but by exploring the conditions under which certain constituencies and audiences may evaluate claims. The important distinctions between intended and actual audiences, and intended and actual constituencies...

...Table 6.1. Frequency of Participating in Meetings or Activities Sponsored by Women’s Groups Argentina Colombian Chamber Colombian Senate Costa Rica Gender .97 ** (.47) 1.25 *** (.39) .90 * (.56) 1.73 *** (.62) Priority on women constituents...

.... Although this inquiry concerned proposals to redraw Westminster constituencies that would otherwise have had little (if any) impact on elections to local government and the Scottish Parliament, it became a major focus for political activists in the months prior to the Scottish Parliament elections. Local...

...This chapter focuses on the foreign and defence policy of the Labour Party during the 1970s. During this time, the party's political programme moved to the left in an attempt to recuperate its base inside the trade unions and reconnect with the constituency parties. The party became united...