Political Representation in France and Germany
Attitudes and Activities of Citizens and MPs
Editors: Gabriel, Oscar, Kerrouche, Eric, Schüttemeyer, Suzanne S. (Eds.)
Free Preview- Provides the first comparative study on political representation in France and Germany
- Mixes quantitative and qualitative methods to cover MPs' attitudes and activities as well as citizens' perpsectives
- Makes an important contribution to the debate on the future of democratic government
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- About this book
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Notwithstanding its contemporary critics, political representation remains at the core of democratic politics. Based on a comparative research project that gathered data from observations, surveys, experiments and expert interviews, this book examines the process and the quality of political representation in France and Germany from a dual perspective. First, it analyzes MPs’ behavior during their district activities. Second, it investigates the perceptions and evaluations of the represented, the French and German citizens. In ten chapters different facets of MPs’ activities as well as citizens’ attitudes are comparatively investigated. The book is relevant for Politics scholars and practitioners at national parliaments to better understand representative democracies, and it may also contribute to improve representation itself.
- About the authors
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Oscar W. Gabriel is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the University of Stuttgart, Institute for Social Science, Germany. His wide ranging work has particularly focused on political representation in France and Germany. His most recent books are Society and Democracy in Europe (with Silke I. Keil, 2013) and Political Participation in France and Germany (with Silke I. Keil and Eric Kerrouche, 2012).
Eric Kerrouche is CNRS Senior Researcher at Sciences-Po Bordeaux, University of Bordeaux, France. He has widely published on the French Fifth Republic, on Parliament and MPs. His major publications include Political Participation in France and Germany (with Oscar Gabriel and Silke I. Keil, 2012) and Qui sont les députés français? (with Olivier Costa, 2007).
Suzanne S. Schüttemeyer is Professor of Government and Policy Research and Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. She is also Editor-in-Chief of the Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen (ZParl). She has published extensively on parliamentary government, in particular on the German Bundestag, most recently on the status of MPs and their remuneration.
- Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Introduction: Political Representation in France and Germany
Pages 1-57
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Parliament Centered or Constituency Centered? The Professionalization of the Parliamentary Mandate
Pages 59-85
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Available, Accessible and Ready to Listen: MPs’ District Work
Pages 87-115
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Where Is the Party? Party Work and Party Representation in the District
Pages 117-139
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Show or Substance? The Exchange Between District and Parliamentary Activities
Pages 141-164
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Political Representation in France and Germany
- Book Subtitle
- Attitudes and Activities of Citizens and MPs
- Editors
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- Oscar Gabriel
- Eric Kerrouche
- Suzanne S. Schüttemeyer
- Series Title
- New Perspectives in German Political Studies
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-72029-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-72029-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-72028-9
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIV, 350
- Number of Illustrations
- 31 b/w illustrations
- Topics
