Re-election: Different Skills for Different Roles

• Autores: Osnat Akirav
• Localización: Government and opposition: An international journal of comparative politics, ISSN 0017-257X, Nº. 1, 2015, págs. 90-118
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The current research examines the ability of legislators to be re-elected through fulfilling their three roles: legislation, oversight and representation. This study also re-examines Mayhew's claim (1974) that most legislators are motivated by a desire to be re-elected, and that this desire drives their legislative activity through its utility in advertising, credit claiming and position taking. We argue that the skills required for selection and re-election are different from those required for enacting legislation. Thus, we distinguish between two types of legislators – those who are electable and those who are successful in the legislature.