Physicians in congress: Professional backgrounds and legislative effectiveness

A Fountaine, ME Shepherd… - Legislative Studies …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Despite a long history of physician service in the US Congress, scholars have not yet
provided a systematic study of physician members of Congress (PMCs) behavior once …

Political competition and representation in municipal councils

C Lévêque - Local Government Studies, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT I study whether the numbers of high-and low-social status-individuals in French
municipal councils are affected by the level of political competition. I argue that because the …

[PDF][PDF] Where Minorities are the Majority: Electoral Rules and Ethnic Representation

The impact of electoral rules on descriptive representation has generated a large body of
work focused primarily on gender and secondarily on ethnicity. This study provides a …