This paper investigates party use of seniority systems to allocate nominations for elected
and appointed offices. Such systems, which can regulate party members' access to offices at …

The literature on nomination procedures and intra-party politics shows that engagement in
personalized parliamentary activities helps legislators get re-elected and promoted in the …

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 …

In this article, we analyse how the degree of parliamentary activity affects both individual
MPs' performance in the candidate selection process within the party and their popularity …

We introduce a new collection of data that consolidates information on European Parliament
elections into one comprehensive source. It provides information on formal electoral rules as …

Parliamentarians greatly differ with regard to the amount and quality of their work in
parliament. Students of legislator behaviour mostly view Members of Parliament (MPs) as …

Parliamentarians receive public funding to employ local staff in the constituency. Local staff
help members of parliament to execute their representative duties, but can also become an …

This study focuses on the exit of MPs of underrepresented groups–that is, women, visible
minorities and the lower educated–from parliamentary parties. Research has mostly focused …

Over the past 25 years, a field of research concerning the careers of Members of the
European Parliament (MEPs) has developed. Drawing on a massive amount of accessible …

Are European Parliament (EP) elections used to pass judgement on the legislative
behaviour of parties serving in the EP? Do Europeans give a bonus in EP elections to …