Effects of age and tenure on MPs' legislative behaviour in the Czech Republic

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=Z9YGmvs3ck" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=Z9YGmvs3ck</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13572334.2019.1697049" target="_blank" >10.1080/13572334.2019.1697049</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Effects of age and tenure on MPs' legislative behaviour in the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Democratic regimes are based on the idea of reflecting the public&apos;s plurality of opinions. However, parliamentary representation of some groups of citizens is inadequate. Unlike the underrepresentation of women or ethnic minorities, insufficient participation of young and old age cohorts has not received enough attention yet. To enrich public debate, I scrutinise effects of age and tenure on MPs&apos; parliamentary performance. I utilise a large-N quantitative study of the legislative behaviour of deputies in the Czech Republic from 1996 to 2017. The results suggest that the legislators&apos; age affects their voting attendance and activity positively, while tenure does so in a negative direction. Older MPs propose more bills and more experienced representatives address more speeches compared to their younger colleagues and novices, respectively. Moreover, the MPs&apos; age and tenure positively influence their gains of praesidium posts in intra-parliamentary bodies. Considering the results implying that age influences MPs&apos; parliamentary performance, more equal parliamentary representation of different age cohorts is a justifiable goal.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Effects of age and tenure on MPs' legislative behaviour in the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku anglicky

Democratic regimes are based on the idea of reflecting the public&apos;s plurality of opinions. However, parliamentary representation of some groups of citizens is inadequate. Unlike the underrepresentation of women or ethnic minorities, insufficient participation of young and old age cohorts has not received enough attention yet. To enrich public debate, I scrutinise effects of age and tenure on MPs&apos; parliamentary performance. I utilise a large-N quantitative study of the legislative behaviour of deputies in the Czech Republic from 1996 to 2017. The results suggest that the legislators&apos; age affects their voting attendance and activity positively, while tenure does so in a negative direction. Older MPs propose more bills and more experienced representatives address more speeches compared to their younger colleagues and novices, respectively. Moreover, the MPs&apos; age and tenure positively influence their gains of praesidium posts in intra-parliamentary bodies. Considering the results implying that age influences MPs&apos; parliamentary performance, more equal parliamentary representation of different age cohorts is a justifiable goal.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

The Journal of Legislative Studies

ISSN

1357-2334

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

25

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

23

Strana od-do

553-575

Kód UT WoS článku

000505116000006

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85075730930