This book explains why the level of party presidentialization varies from one country to
another. It considers the effects of constitutional structures as well as the party's original …

Acteurs incontournables de la vie politique française, les députés forment des élites en
définitive mal connues. L'affaiblissement du Parlement par la Constitution de 1958, la …

This paper aims at estimating the impact of the cumul des mandats on the votes of
incumbents in the 1997 French legislative elections. The model specifies the behavior of …

What is it that political leaders such as Silvio Berlusconi, Barack Obama, Margaret Thatcher,
Tony Blair, Inácio Lula, François Hollande, and Junichiro Koizumi have in common? And …

Nicht nur Verbände lobbyieren, sondern auch Regionen: Ausgehend von der
Interessengruppen-und Lobbyingforschung wagt die Autorin eine Neubetrachtung des …

Multiple-mandate holding, ie, the holding of more than one directly elected mandate
simultaneously on different government tiers, is a controversial practice with potential …

Ezra Suleiman pointed out in the 1970s that 'There are probably few democratic societies
where MPs are as greatly looked down upon by civil servants as in France'(Suleiman 1981 …

Despite 'parity', various factors have contributed to the low proportion of women within the
National Assembly. Men and women are still following different career paths to national …

This article deals with multiple-office holdings by legislators in the Czech Republic during
the VI. Chamber of Deputies, 2010–2013. First, both positive and negative theoretical …

Does European integration contribute to, or even accelerate, the erosion of intraparty
democracy? This book is about improving our understanding of political parties as …