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Actors in Parliaments I: Individual MPs, Roles and Pathways to Parliament

Elections
Parliaments
Candidate
P014
Danny Schindler
Institute for Parliamentary Research
Danny Schindler
Institute for Parliamentary Research
Advancing the Study of Parliaments: Structures, Actors and Processes at a Crossroads

Building: Institute of the Middle and Far East, Floor: Ground, Room: 0.05

Thursday 16:15 - 18:00 CEST (10/09/2026)

Abstract

Parliaments are constituted of a collective of MPs. This panel focuses on them and asks questions about how they conceive of their role, how they build and understand their career trajectories in (and out of) parliament, the relationship between roles and behaviour, and beyond.

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