How does biased political recruitment—and the legislation of gender quotas—affect the
quality of representation? The article theorizes that biased selection implies a higher hurdle …

ABSTRACT Although European Parliament committee chairs play a salient role in the
legislative process of the EU, we know virtually nothing about their selection and whether …

Experience and loyalty have been identified as major explanations for why Members of the
European Parliament (MEPs) are selected as committee rapporteurs in the European …

This paper offers a novel perspective on the benefits provided by the rotation of
administrators within legislative systems, by exploring the Committee Secretariat (CS) of the …

Committee coordinators face a classic delegation problem when assigning reports to their
committee members. Although a few theoretical developments have focused on the effects …

As in nearly all European Union (EU) policy areas, scholars have turned to analysing the
role of national parliaments, in addition to that of the European Parliament (EP), in trade …

In recent decades, an important field of research has emerged concerning the careers of
Members of the European Parliament. Due to the specific nature of the European …

Shadow rapporteurs play an important role in developing the European Parliament's
collective policy positions and in defending them in inter-institutional negotiations. This study …

This article examines administrative leadership at the top of the European Parliament by
exploring the role played by Secretaries-General. Employing an institutional approach …

Social relations have the potential to shape who assumes policy leadership positions in
legislative politics. Applying a relational event modeling framework, this paper investigates if …