The Sociopolitical Profile of Parliamentary Representatives in Greece, Italy and Spain Before and After the “Eurocrisis”: A Comparative Empirical Assessment

Kakepaki, Manina; Kountouri, Fani; Verzichelli, Luca; Coller, Xavier

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-76550-1_8

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“…Both parties have had a significant turnover rate (39% and 50% respectively) in the previous elections (2015). However, compared to 2011, the socio-demographic composition of their political class was almost unchanged (Kakepaki et al, 2018).…”

Section: The Elite Of Podemos and Ciudadanos In A Comparative Perspectivementioning

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“…These characteristics persisted also in the X legislature ( 2011): the number of women grew, but remained always lower than that of men; the large majority of MPs had a university degree, and education (centre-left) and law-related (centre-right) professions were the most represented in the Parliament (Kakepaki, Kountouri, Verzichelli, & Coller, 2018).…”

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‘We are Different': do Anti-establishment Parties Promote Distinctive Elites? An Analysis of the Spanish Case

Tarditi

Vittori

2020

Representation

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Since the Great Recession, new parties challenged the pre-eminence of mainstream parties in many European democracies. In this paper we wonder to what extent this challenge translates in the representative politics. This paper aims to evaluate whether a) in terms of descriptive representation, the new challenger parties renewed the composition of the Parliaments; b) new challenger parties belonging to different ideological families elect different élites. The analysis focuses on two new successful antiestablishment parties: Podemos and Ciudadanos. Podemos belongs to the radical left family while Ciudadanos is a centre-right liberal party. We have built a dataset of the representatives of these two parties and the two other mainstream parties (PP and PSOE) in the Congress (2016), in the Autonomous Communities (2015) and in the Party in Central Office. Our findings suggest that Podemos and C's elites are younger and better educated compared to mainstream parties. Yet, we found that beyond their common anti-establishment background, different core ideologies matter when it comes to other aspects of the descriptive representation: in terms of education and working background, Podemos and C's élites are more similar to their ideologically closer parties, rather than among each other, thus highlighting the irrelevance of the shared anti-establishment rhetoric.

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Section: The Elite Of Podemos and Ciudadanos In A Comparative Perspectivementioning

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Section: The Party Elite(s) and The Democratic Representationmentioning

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‘We are Different': do Anti-establishment Parties Promote Distinctive Elites? An Analysis of the Spanish Case

Tarditi

Vittori

2020

Representation

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“…En primer lugar, por el momento en el que se recogió la información del presente estudio, no se hace referencia a nuevos partidos como Podemos o Ciudadanos que han surgido en España con posterioridad a 2011 3 . Creemos, no obstante, que las 3 Para un análisis comparado de los perfiles de estos dos partidos, véase Kakepaki et al (2018).…”

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El poder político en España

Coller¹,

Jaime²,

Mota

2018

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RESUMENEl estudio de las instituciones políticas, en general, y particularmente en España, ha dedicado una atención limitada al análisis de las élites políticas, aunque se percibe un interés creciente en la literatura reciente. No obstante, las decisiones que emanan de tales instituciones están condicionadas por los perfiles, preferencias y disposiciones de los individuos que ocupan los puestos de autoridad. Por ello se hace necesario un análisis sistemático de las élites políticas españolas, especialmente en momentos de amplia desafección política. Partiendo de los datos recogidos en un estudio pionero, en este trabajo se analizan las características fundamentales de los representantes políticos en las cámaras autonómi-cas y nacionales en España, sus preferencias polí-ticas, la percepción que tienen del problema de la desafección política, los orígenes de su vocación política y la forma en la que se desarrolla la actividad parlamentaria en el seno de los parlamentos. Palabras clave: Élites políticas, parlamentos, representación, vocación política, actividad parlamentaria. ABSTRACT

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“…This is especially relevant in electoral systems based on closed and blocked lists (Bird et al, 2010) as in the Spanish case. Political parties have traditionally selected within a pool of-mainly native-candidates, those considered more suited to get the best electoral results, while at the same time keeping a certain balance of power among different factions (Kakepaki et al, 2018). Over time, this tension puts pressure on parties to broaden up the selection criteria to achieve gender balance; and bring in younger or new social profiles, including candidates with immigrant backgrounds.…”

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“…In this respect, previous empirical work has shown contradictory results. While some studies demonstrate that inclusive selection methods might indeed promote the election of political chambers that are more diverse in terms of age or education (Kakepaki et al, 2018;Pérez-Nievas et al, in press), studies on women representation go in the opposite direction, indicating that gender balance in politics might be more easily achieved by using exclusive selection methods in addition to inclusive ones (Bhavnani, 2009;Bjarnegård & Zetterberg, 2011). The first issue that the article addresses is the empirical debate on whether more participative selection methods, such as primaries, contribute to improving the levels of political representation of traditionally neglected groups.…”

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Representing the People: Latin American Councilors and Their Pathway to Power and Political Representation in Spain

Cordero

Triviño-Salazar

Escobar

et al. 2021

American Behavioral Scientist

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Latin Americans are one of the most relevant migrant minorities in Spain. In this article, we analyze their political representation at the local level by describing how councilors of Latin American councilors perceive three stages on their “pathway to power”: the selection method most frequently used by them to become electoral candidates, their ranking as candidates in the Spanish closed and blocked lists system, and their view of political representation once in office. The article contributes to a better understanding of the political incorporation of sizable minority groups in politics in recent immigration countries by implementing a mixed method strategy with survey data and in-depth interviews. The results show how candidates of Latin American origin are included in electoral lists following more participative ways of internal selection than their native-born counterparts, who are more frequently appointed by a party leader. Despite this, those who eventually get elected perceive that they have been ranked in “unsafe positions” of the electoral lists, and therefore with no guarantee of being appointed. Interestingly, once in office, councilors of Latin Americans perceive that they represent immigrants to a lesser degree, compared with their native-born counterparts.

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The Sociopolitical Profile of Parliamentary Representatives in Greece, Italy and Spain Before and After the “Eurocrisis”: A Comparative Empirical Assessment

Cited by 27 publications

References 16 publications

‘We are Different': do Anti-establishment Parties Promote Distinctive Elites? An Analysis of the Spanish Case

‘We are Different': do Anti-establishment Parties Promote Distinctive Elites? An Analysis of the Spanish Case

El poder político en España

Representing the People: Latin American Councilors and Their Pathway to Power and Political Representation in Spain

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