Unpacking the politics of legislative debates
Fernandes, Jorge M. ; Debus, Marc and Bäck, Hanna LU
(2021)
In European Journal of Political Research
60(4).
p.1032-1045
- Abstract
Legislative debates are a thriving field in comparative politics. They make representation work by offering legislators the opportunity to take the floor and represent their constituents. In this paper, we review the key theoretical concepts and empirical findings in a maturing field. We begin by addressing what legislative debates are and why we should study them to learn about inter- and intra-party politics. Next, we look at the contributions springing from Proksch and Slapin's ground-breaking model. In so doing, our review suggests that recent work extends the original model to include further dimensions of legislative debates. Third, we examine the role of legislative debates as mechanisms of representation, focusing on gender.... (More)
Legislative debates are a thriving field in comparative politics. They make representation work by offering legislators the opportunity to take the floor and represent their constituents. In this paper, we review the key theoretical concepts and empirical findings in a maturing field. We begin by addressing what legislative debates are and why we should study them to learn about inter- and intra-party politics. Next, we look at the contributions springing from Proksch and Slapin's ground-breaking model. In so doing, our review suggests that recent work extends the original model to include further dimensions of legislative debates. Third, we examine the role of legislative debates as mechanisms of representation, focusing on gender. Four, we examine the challenges of the comparative analysis of legislative debates. Finally, we map the road ahead by discussing four avenues of future research and some key questions that remain unanswered.
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- author
- Fernandes, Jorge M.
; Debus, Marc
and Bäck, Hanna
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- electoral systems, legislative debates, legislatures, political parties, representation
- in
- European Journal of Political Research
- volume
- 60
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 1032 - 1045
- publisher
- Wiley
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85105951335
- ISSN
- 0304-4130
- DOI
- 10.1111/1475-6765.12454
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- Publisher Copyright: © 2021 European Consortium for Political Research Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
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