The Underappreciated Loss of Political Office

Roberts, Jane

doi:10.1080/15325024.2019.1617995

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“…Despite the substantial differences between the two measurements, the data suggests a conformation of the hypothesized increasing opportunities for attractive post-parliamentary careers. This already offers an interesting contribution to the earlier studies on post-parliamentary careers and the broader debate on representative democracy as leaving parliament might not be as unfortunate as usually perceived (e.g., Roberts 2019). In fact, it has become increasingly less unfortunate in the past 50 years.…”

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“…Traditionally, acquiring the position of MP is central to the ambitions of lowerranking career politicians as it not only provides a national profile, influence, and good financial compensation, but also functions as a sustainable basis to grow into the highest echelons of political careerism: the positions within the political executive. Additionally, MPs are perceived vulnerable as they lack the skills to pursue a career of similar attractiveness within different sectors after losing their seat (McAllister 1997;Roberts 2019;Allen et al 2020). This vulnerability is argued to further strengthen the relative dependence on the position of a MP for a career politician.…”

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Parliament as a steppingstone? Patterns of post-parliamentary careers in The Netherlands between 1967 and 2017

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Acta Polit

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Not much is known about Members of Parliament (MPs) after they leave parliament. This study addresses this empirical gap by analysing post-parliamentary employment in The Netherlands between 1967 and 2017. With 970 post-parliamentary careers included, it ranks among the most extensive studies into post-parliamentary career attractiveness up to date and a first inquiry into the development over time. By employing two different measures of attractiveness, this study provides two main findings: first, MPs are increasingly transferring towards a more attractive post-parliamentary career in the 50 years under study, indicating changing patterns in postparliamentary employment opportunities. Second, by comparing the development in patterns between private and political sector post-parliamentary careers, this study finds that the increase can mainly be attributed to an increase in private sector postparliamentary careers. Not only are MPs increasingly moving towards the private sector, but they are also increasingly able to gain a more or similar attractive private sector function as of an MP. As a result, the findings indicate substantially different career opportunities, which, in turn, could have significant implications for parliamentary democracy.

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Parliament as a steppingstone? Patterns of post-parliamentary careers in The Netherlands between 1967 and 2017

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Psychology of Democracy

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After the Party Is Over

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2022

Psychology of Democracy

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The Underappreciated Loss of Political Office

Abstract: School in the UK. She has a professional background as a medical doctor, specializing in child psychiatry, and has served has an elected council leader in a London borough in the early 2000's.

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Parliament as a steppingstone? Patterns of post-parliamentary careers in The Netherlands between 1967 and 2017

Parliament as a steppingstone? Patterns of post-parliamentary careers in The Netherlands between 1967 and 2017

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