Aiming higher: the consequences of progressive ambition among MPs in European parliaments

Autor(en)
Ulrich Sieberer, Wolfgang Claudius Müller
Abstrakt

How ambitious are MPs in European parliaments and how does progressive ambition affect their strategies? We argue that progressively ambitious members of parliament try to generate individual visibility and seek the support of party leaders who decide on promotion while at the same time ensuring reelection by adjusting to electoral system incentives. Using novel data from a 15-country MP survey we show that progressive ambition is widespread in Europe and Israel. As hypothesized, progressively ambitious MPs are more likely to favor personal rather than party-centered electoral campaigns and to address the national or regional party leadership instead of their local party. Electoral system features and party ideology also have the theoretically expected effects.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Staatswissenschaft
Externe Organisation(en)
Universität Konstanz
Journal
European Political Science Review
Band
9
Seiten
27-50
Anzahl der Seiten
24
ISSN
1755-7739
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755773915000260
Publikationsdatum
02-2017
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
506012 Politische Systeme, 506014 Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Social Sciences(all), Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science
Link zum Portal
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/aiming-higher-the-consequences-of-progressive-ambition-among-mps-in-european-parliaments(007ddf92-cf5d-4ac2-81dc-c420710e4a60).html