This chapter examines the career trajectories of MPs in multi-level systems, and their consequences on their attitudes and behaviors. Both MPs at the national and regional levels are under analysis. The central question is do career patterns make a difference? Are MPs who have hopped across levels different from other MPs sitting in the same assembly. From the analysis run in this chapter, the answer is clear: career patterns make little difference. Differences in attitudes towards decentralisation, towards the promotion of regional interest, as well as towards MPs elected are other levels are strong between national and regional MPs. But there is no significant difference within these two groups that could be explained by the career trajectories of MPs. In that sense, institutional pressures seems to be much stronger than career socialization in understanding how MPs think and behaves in multi-level systems.

Career patterns in multilevel systems

TRONCONI, FILIPPO;
2014

Abstract

This chapter examines the career trajectories of MPs in multi-level systems, and their consequences on their attitudes and behaviors. Both MPs at the national and regional levels are under analysis. The central question is do career patterns make a difference? Are MPs who have hopped across levels different from other MPs sitting in the same assembly. From the analysis run in this chapter, the answer is clear: career patterns make little difference. Differences in attitudes towards decentralisation, towards the promotion of regional interest, as well as towards MPs elected are other levels are strong between national and regional MPs. But there is no significant difference within these two groups that could be explained by the career trajectories of MPs. In that sense, institutional pressures seems to be much stronger than career socialization in understanding how MPs think and behaves in multi-level systems.
2014
Representing the People A Survey Among Members of Statewide and Substate Parliaments
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Jean-Benoit Pilet; Filippo Tronconi; Pablo Onate; Luca Verzichelli
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