Division of labour and dissenting voting behaviour of MPs in a ‘working parliament’

In the literature on the determinants of party unity, one pathway has remained largely neglected: division of labour. Given their workload, members of parliament (MPs) are only thoroughly concerned with a subset of policies. We argue that this results in MPs casting fewer dissenting votes on matters...

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Main Author: Mai, Philipp (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: European political science review
Year: 2024, Volume: 16, Issue: 1, Pages: 94-111
ISSN:1755-7747
DOI:10.1017/S1755773923000152
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