The results of the 2017 presidential and legislative elections represent an important shift in
French politics. For the first time in the history of the 5th French Republic, the candidates of …

Recent literature highlights the incentives emanating from the electoral system and
intraparty politics to explain unequal access to the plenary floor. This article contributes to …

This article places the 2017 French legislative elections in the broader context of
confirmatory legislative elections in France. It argues that Emmanuel Macron's victory, whilst …

Using the concept of “friends and neighbors”, we attempt to answer a main question: Do
candidates in a primary election perform best in territories where they benefit from many …

The aim of this article was to investigate the district work of members of the French National
Assembly (MPs), namely their contacts with citizens and other kinds of actors on the ground …

To understand parliamentary representation, it is necessary to look both at work in
parliament and at MPs' activities in their constituency. In France and Germany, the district is …

This paper studies the relationship between incumbent MPs' activities and their electoral
fortune. We address this question in the context of the French political system characterized …

This chapter deals with the little analyzed (in the European context) impact of MPs' ethnic
and gender characteristics on voter choice by drawing on survey experiment data. The …

En France, les partis politiques font face au défi de la démocratisation interne pour le
recrutement de leurs candidats. Si le parti politique accompagne l'élu tout au long de sa …

There is growing interest in personal representation and policy responsiveness in the
European literature. The current scholarship mainly focuses on strong legislatures. This …