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Re-election: Different Skills for Different Roles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 November 2013

Osnat Akirav
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Abstract

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.

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Government and Opposition , Volume 50 , Issue 1 , January 2015 , pp. 90 - 118
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2013.

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Osnat Akirav is a Lecturer at Western Galilee College, Israel. Contact email: [email protected].

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