Actors in Parliaments I: MPs, Roles and Pathways to Parliament

Elites

Parliaments

Political Competition

Code:

P018

Chair(s)

Calixte Bloquet

Institute for Parliamentary Research (IParl)

Panel Discussant(s)

Javier Martínez-Cantó

Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) - The Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM)

Section Advancing the Study of Parliaments: Structures, Actors and Processes at a Crossroads

Date, Time and Location

Building: Theology Building, Floor: 2, Room: Amphitheatre A, floor 2

Wednesday 10:45 - 12:30 EEST (27/08/2025)

Abstract

Parliaments are constituted of a collective of MPs. This panel focuses on them and asks questions about how they conceive of their role, how they build and understand their career trajectories in (and out of) parliament, the relationship between roles and behaviour, and beyond.

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Actors in Parliaments I: MPs, Roles and Pathways to Parliament

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