Why MPs do not represent everyone equally well

Elsässer, Lea, Hense, Svenja and Schäfer, Armin (2020) Why MPs do not represent everyone equally well. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) blog (02 Oct 2020). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Disproportionate numbers of politicians within national parliaments are male, affluent and belonging to the ‘native’ majority of their country. But while the composition of a parliament may not reflect the composition of society, does this affect the representation of citizens’ views? Drawing on new research in Germany, Lea Elsässer, Svenja Hense and Armin Schäfer demonstrate ... Continued

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/
Additional Information:	© 2020 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JZ International relations J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Date Deposited:	25 Nov 2020 14:27
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2024 02:34
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/107292

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