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ROLE PERCEPTIONS, PARTY COHESION AND POLITICAL ATTITUDES OF EAST AND WEST GERMAN PARLIAMENTARIANS. FINDINGS FROM THE JENA PARLIAMENTARY SURVEY

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Edinger M., Vogel L.
Sociologický časopis. Czech Sociological Review
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2005
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vol. 41
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issue 3
375-399
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This article deals with similarities and differences in the orientations of East and West German MPs more than a decade after the unification of the country. Based on data from the Jena Parliamentary Survey, thus far the largest survey among German parliamentarians, carried out in 2003-4, the paper discusses three hypotheses. While differences between deputies from the East and the West are found to be significant for some dimensions, they are, in general, sub-ordinate to if not derived from the inter-factional differences induced by party competition. In spite of this evident impact of partisanship, German parliamentary parties exhibit unexpectedly low levels of party discipline / party unity in their attitudes towards the party and policy preferences. This phenomenon is slightly more pronounced in East Germany than in the West. Viewed against the background of parties as monopolists in the recruitment process and the reward schemes for MPs, this represents the most surprising finding from the survey.
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CONVERGING REPRESENTATIVE ELITES IN EUROPE? AN INTRODUCTION TO THE EURELITE PROJEST

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Best H., Edinger M.
Sociologický časopis. Czech Sociological Review
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2005
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vol. 41
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issue 3
499-510
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This article provides an overview of the aims, the research design and the activities of the EurElite project, a project devoted to the comparative study of representative elites across Europe. Through investigating long-term trends in the composition of parliaments and member recruitment, the scholars involved in the EurElite activities attempt to identify the degree and patterns of convergence among national deputies on the continent. With the inclusion of democratically elected legislators from about a dozen post-communist countries, a new dimension has been added to the question of convergence: elite integration across Europe, i.e. between the elites in the new democracies and those in Western Europe. The scope of the research also encompasses the study of the European Parliament as the site of the possible emergence of a supra-national elite in Europe. The article also provides information on the structure and variables of the (key) data set and its regional/temporal coverage.
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