Political power in Spain : the multiple divides between MPs and citizens / Xavier Coller, Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo, Fabiola Mota, editors.
Coller, Xavier, editor.; Jaime-Castillo, Antonio M., editor.; Mota, Fabiola, editor.
2018
JN8341 .P645 2018eb
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Title
Political power in Spain : the multiple divides between MPs and citizens / Xavier Coller, Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo, Fabiola Mota, editors.
ISBN
9783319638263 (electronic book)
3319638262
3319638254
9783319638256
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63826-3
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018].
Copyright
©2018
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xix, 327 pages) : 11 illustrations, 2 illustrations in color
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10.1007/978-3-319-63826-3 doi
Call Number
JN8341 .P645 2018eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
321.8
Summary
This book explores why some people become politicians, how they represent citizens in parliaments, and what they think about democracy and its institutions. It analyses the results of the first survey of a representative sample of Spanish MPs (580 cases) and citizens. The study covers areas such as: social profiles; recruitment and selection; women in parliaments; motivation for politics; perception of the representative function and how this is affected by corruption, disaffection and mistrust; national and regional identities; ideology; the functioning of parliamentary groups, and perceptions about the EU. The case of Spain is used to demonstrate how MPs' values, opinions and attitudes conflict and complement with those of the citizens they are supposed to represent. Through a systematic comparison between MPs and citizens, the contributions deal with topics that are key to understanding how democracies work and the role played by MPs.
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Coller, Xavier, editor.
Jaime-Castillo, Antonio M., editor.
Mota, Fabiola, editor.
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Chapter 1. The need for the study of parliamentarians in Spain; Xavier Coller, Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo and Fabiola Mota
Chapter 2. The composition of Spanish parliaments: what are the MPs like?; Inmaculada Serrano and Sandra Bermúdez
Chapter 3. Gender and parliament: the impact of the political presence of women; Tània Verge, Amparo Novo, Isabel Diz and Marta Lois
Chapter 4. Political socialization and motivation; Carol Galais
Chapter 5. Recruitment and selection; Xavier Coller, Guillermo Cordero, José M. Echavarren
Chapter 6. Professionalization and parliamentary careers; Robert Liñeira, Jordi Muñoz
Chapter 7. Parliamentary groups and institutional context; Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo, Gloria Martínez-Cousinou
Chapter 8. Parliamentary political representation; Fabiola Mota Consejero
Chapter 9. Political Disaffection; Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo, Edurne Bartolomé, Gloria Martínez-Cousinou.-Chapter 10. National and regional identity; Xavier Coller, Guillermo Cordero, José M. Echavarren
Chapter 11. National Identity and Political Representation: Rival 'Top-Down' National Projects; Enric Martínez Herrera, Thomas Jeffrey Miley
Chapter 12. Ideology: The Reasons Behind Placement on the Left-Right Scale; Leonardo Sánchez Ferrer
Chapter 13. The organisation of Spain. Ideology, territory and representation in the State of Autonomies; Sandra León, Fabiola Mota, Mayte Salvador
Chapter 14. MPs representing nationalist and regionalist parties; Santiago Pérez-Nievas, Edurne Bartolomé
Chapter 15. Parliaments and the European Union; Juan Antonio Mayoral Díaz-Asensio, Ana Carrillo López, Jean-Baptiste Harguindéguy
Chapter 16. The Distant Politician?; Xavier Coller, Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo, Fabiola Mota.

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