Legislative Organization, Electoral Vulnerability and Constituency Focus in the British House of Commons and the German Bundestag

• In Event: Perceptions and Behavior of Legislators

Brief Overview

We analyze parliamentary questions in the British House of Commons (2001-2015) and the German Bundestag (2002-2013) to determine their representational focus and test hypotheses to explain both inter-individual and cross-national variations.

Authors

• Thomas Saalfeld, University of Bamberg

• Tamir Libel, University of Bamberg

• David Beck, University of Bamberg