Who Enters Politics and Why?
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Who Enters Politics and Why?

Basic Human Values in the UK Parliament

Weinberg, James

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Who Enters Politics and Why?

Basic Human Values in the UK Parliament

Weinberg, James

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Exploring unique survey and interview data on the personality characteristics of British politicians, this book provides a timely psychological analysis of those individuals who pursue political careers and how they represent their constituents once elected. Focusing specifically on the Basic Human Values of more than 150 MPs as well as hundreds of local councillors, Weinberg offers original insights into three compelling questions: Who enters politics and how are they different to the general public? Do politicians' personality characteristics matter for their legislative behaviour? Do voters really get the 'wrong' politicians? Taking a fresh psychological approach to issues that are predominant in political science, this book casts new light on the human side of representative democracy.

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Publisher
Bristol University Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9781529209181
Topic
Politics & International Relations
Subtopic
Democracy
Index
Politics & International Relations

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures and Tables
  7. Note on the Author
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. 1 Why Do We Hate Politicians?
  10. 2 Psychological Scrutiny: Who Enters Politics and Why?
  11. 3 All the Same! Demographic Homogeneity and Careerism
  12. 4 Basic Values and Partisanship
  13. 5 Parliamentary Behaviour: Personal Choices, Political Results
  14. 6 Perfect Politicians? Voting Preferences in the United Kingdom
  15. Notes
  16. Appendix A: Twenty Item Portrait Values Questionnaire (TwIVI)
  17. Appendix B: Confirmatory factor analysis of survey data on the basic values of politicians (UK Members of Parliament, N = 168)
  18. Appendix C: External correlations across samples
  19. Appendix D: Conjoint experiment of candidate preferences by partisanship
  20. References
  21. Index