Eine Phänomenologie der Macht – zur Aktualität von Michels' mikropolitischen Beobachtungen

Jörke, PD Dr. Dirk

doi:10.1007/978-3-531-94285-8_14

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“…They experienced, even before entering parliament, that they are “members of a common team with common rules” (Patzelt 2003, 107) and understand, or are effectively reminded of, the fact that they owe their mandate (in the German electoral system) overwhelmingly to partisan votes that are based on a party platform which, therefore, commits the MPs to the will of their electorate (Crowe 1986). Party socialization, Jörke (2012, 233) states in rather exaggerated terms, “over the years transfers young radicals into obedient party soldiers” (own translation). Additionally, after having held offices in various bodies of the party organization, politicians created networks with copartisans and, thereby, a keen intuition for sentiments and policy positions that are supported by a majority of other party members.…”

Section: Party Loyalty and Legislative Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

Loyal Activists? Party Socialization and Dissenting Voting Behavior in Parliament

Mai

Wenzelburger

2023

Legislative Studies Qtrly

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The question of why members of parliament (MPs) overwhelmingly toe the party line is receiving increasing scholarly attention. Adding to discipline‐based approaches, party loyalty, that is, a feeling of allegiance not related to policy agreement or disciplinary pressures, is an important part of the explanation. In this article, we employ a more nuanced view on party loyalty than previous observational studies and conceptualize it as the result of socialization processes of most politicians into the structures of their party prior to their mandate. We test our argument quantitatively using data for whipped votes in the German Bundestag (1949–2017). The results support our propositions that MPs who didn't hold party offices prior to their mandate have a higher probability of vote defection and that the behavioral differences related to pre‐parliamentary socialization vanish the longer MPs serve in parliament. Our work has important implications for research on intraparty politics, legislative behavior, and representation.

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Section: Party Loyalty and Legislative Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%