This book analyses the Spanish parliamentary elites in a comparative perspective within southern Europe. What has been the impact of the Great Recession on the configuration of parliaments and the diversity of legislators? Have new parties delivered better representation of citizens in terms of demographics (gender, age, social class), ideology or political attitudes and beliefs? This original research is based on a 2018 survey on members of two national chambers and 17 regional parliaments. Comparing these data with those of a simultaneous survey carried out on Spanish citizens and with data from previous research a decade ago, the book examines the changes that have occurred in representation during the course of the Great Recession and provides evidence of the growing distance between citizens and parliamentary elites. Additionally, using data from the "Comparative Candidates Survey", the book compares the ideological congruence between citizens and their repesentatives in Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece.
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The Personality of MPs and Citizens: Differentiation and Congruence
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New Policital Scenario: New Motivations?
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Democratic, Yet Representative?: Selecting MPs in a Multilevel Polity
Santiago Pérez-Nievas Montiel, Marta Paradés Martín, Guillermo Cordero García, Xavier Coller Porta
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Obliged to Respond?: MPs' Modes of Political Representation
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Responsiveness Towards Street Protests: MPs' and citizens' Normative Views
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How Democracy Works: Divergent Perspectives of Representatives and Citizens
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Euroscepticism in Spain: a Phenomenon of Extremes?
Beatriz Carrasco Ariza, Elena González-Rojo, Jean-Baptiste Harguindéguy
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Ideological Coherence within Parties: Portugal and Spain
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Are Challengers Better Representatives?: Greece and Spain
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Left-Right Ideological Congruence in Southern Europe
André Freire, Andrea Pedrazzani, Emmanouil Tsatsanis, Paolo Segatti, Xavier Coller Porta
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