Ambition as a micro-foundation of party loyalty

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 538-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa Kernecker
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Politics ◽  
Executive Branch ◽  
Political Ambition ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Selection Procedures ◽  
Party Loyalty ◽  
Attitudinal Data ◽  
Ambition Theory ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Micro Foundations

The micro-foundations of party unity are still an understudied topic in comparative politics. This article explores the effects of political ambition on party loyalty in Members of the Chamber of Deputies’ (MCDs) claimed votes based on attitudinal data. Ambition theory posits that ambitious politicians should act according to the (s)electorate they are aiming to win for the next election, therefore acting prospectively in their legislative votes. Findings suggest that MCDs seeking office in the national executive branch are more likely to follow the party line and less likely to side with their district or vote inconsistently. While inclusiveness of candidate selection procedures alone does not have an effect, its interaction with differing ambitions does. The results provide us with a first systematic analysis of ambition and its effect on party loyalty in 14 countries by examining the individual MCD more closely.

Metastudie industrieller Energieflexibilität*/Meta-analysis of industrial energy flexibility - An approach for optimizing the identification of energy flexibility potentials

2017 ◽  
Vol 107 (09) ◽  
pp. 610-616
Author(s):  
S. Eisenhauer ◽  
F. Zimmermann ◽  
M. Reichart ◽  
P. Accordi ◽  
A. Prof. Sauer
Keyword(s):  
Production System ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
German Industry ◽  
Wird Eine ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Industry Level ◽  
Large Spread ◽  
Industrial Energy ◽  
The Individual

Bisherige Studien über energetische Flexibilität in der deutschen Industrie weisen das vorhandene Flexibilitätspotenzial mit hoher Streuung aus. Diese Arbeit analysiert relevante Studien in Bezug auf deren Annahmen und Vorgehensweise. Aufbauend auf den bisherigen Vorgehensweisen wird ein Ansatz zur Erhebung der Daten im Produktionssystem vorgestellt. Des Weiteren wird eine Methode zur Aggregation der Daten hoch bis auf Branchenebene entwickelt.   Previous studies on the energetic flexibility of German industry show potentials with a large spread. Therefore, in this article, a systematic analysis of the individual studies and an evaluation of the indicated flexibility potentials are carried out. Based on the existing methods, a bottom-up approach for collecting the data in the production system and the aggregation up to the industry level is presented.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE POTENTIAL OF STUDENTS IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS

2021 ◽  
pp. 137-142
Author(s):  
Наталья Анатольевна Буравлева
Keyword(s):  
Professional Training ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Main Principle ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Innovative Potential ◽  
Personal Competencies ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Development Of Students

Изменения, происходящие в обществе, усложнение профессиональных задач делают актуальным запрос к высшими учебными заведениями о подготовке специалистов к инновационной деятельности. Для развития инновационного потенциала студентов современный образовательный процесс в высшем учебном заведении должен иметь личностно-профессиональную направленность. Значимым фактором развития инновационного потенциала студентов является образовательная среда и психолого-педагогическое сопровождение образовательного процесса. Changes in society, the complexity of professional tasks actualize the request to universities to train specialists who are ready for innovation. To develop the innovative potential of students, the modern educational process in universities should be focused not only on the professional training of students, but also on the development of personality. Innovative activities, solving creative tasks to create new products and technologies require active work of the intellect, motivation and will, and this stimulates the development and selfdevelopment of a person. An important factor in the development of innovative potential of students is the educational environment. The functioning of this environment should be based on a systematic analysis of the object, subject, processes, and conditions of innovative development. In addition, it is important to determine the criteria for the effectiveness of the innovation environment, as well as to implement the principle of ensuring the continuous development of students. For the development of innovative potential, it is necessary to use psychological and pedagogical support of the educational process. The main principle of psychological and pedagogical support of the educational process is to take into account the individual characteristics and capabilities of students, the development of their resources. Psychological and pedagogical support of the educational process should be aimed primarily at the actualization of personal competencies that determine innovative activity. For the development of innovative potential, students should participate in the choice of an individual educational trajectory, show educational initiatives and implement them in research activities.

Toward a Comparative Politics of France

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Elgie ◽  
Emiliano Grossman ◽  
Amy G. Mazur
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Politics ◽  
French Politics ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Inside Out

This chapter returns to the questions that were introduced in the Handbook’s Introduction. The first section identifies four distinct periods in the study of French politics, revisiting the outside-in/inside-out themes of the Handbook. The second section focuses on the individual chapters in more detail and classifies them in terms of what they tell us about the study of French politics and whether there has been convergence or divergence between the study of French politics in France and comparative work outside France. In the third section, potential explanations for trends across the chapters are explored in terms of three patterns: convergence, asymmetry, and divergence. The chapter concludes by reflecting on the future for a comparative politics of France.

Institutional foundations of political socialization of youth as factors of civic participation in management of life of society

2020 ◽  
pp. 36-40
Author(s):  
A.A. Arkhipova ◽  
◽  
T.E. Zerchaninova ◽  
A.S. Nikitina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Political Socialization ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Political Life ◽  
State University ◽  
Youth Policy ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Holistic Understanding ◽  
The Individual

Presented is research in the problem of political socialization of the youth. Socialization of individual plays the role as a way of forming a political picture of the world among young people, determining degree of participation in management of society that is an important component of the process of socialization of the individual as a whole. At the same time, today there is no holistic understanding of institutions through which the process of political socialization of youth can be carried out. The main purpose of this work is to conduct a systematic analysis of the list of forms of direct participation of young people in political life of society as a means of political socialization. In this regard, the authors have classified these forms into two groups, i.e. traditional ones, established by special laws forms of political participation of citizens in the life of the country, and alternative ones, implemented in the framework of state youth policy. On the basis of research results of the department of political psychology, faculty of philosophy of Lomonosov Moscow State University, aimed at comparative analysis of the nature of political socialization and re-socialization of different age groups, substantiated is gradual decrease in the role of traditional institutions in political socialization with variety of alternative ones. Also defined are place and role in the life of modern young person of such institutions as elections, political parties and various forms of youth self-government.

Principal-Agent Theory, Career Prospects, and U.S. Attorneys

2018 ◽  
pp. 43-60
Author(s):  
Banks Miller ◽  
Brett Curry
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Selection ◽  
Executive Branch ◽  
Principal Agent ◽  
Principal Agent Theory ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Agent Theory ◽  
Career Ambition ◽  
Ambition Theory ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Service Employment

This chapter explores two theories central to understanding the behavior of federal prosecutors. First, principal-agent theory is introduced to frame the relationship between national political actors, or principals, in the executive and legislative branches and their agents—U.S. Attorneys (USAs). In that exploration, the chapter focuses on problems of adverse selection and the monitoring of agents by principals. Second, the chapter considers career ambition theory as it pertains to the post-service employment opportunities of USAs. That discussion focuses on the potential of USAs to ascend to higher positions in the administration or secure nomination to the federal bench, both of which require the approval of principals in the executive branch.

scholarly journals Characteristics Contributing to Low- and Minimum-Wage Labour in Germany

2020 ◽  
Vol 240 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 161-200
Author(s):  
Matthias Dütsch ◽  
Ralf Himmelreicher
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Wage ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Wage Labour ◽  
Random Intercept ◽  
The Individual

AbstractIn this article we examine the correlation between characteristics of individuals, companies, and industries involved in low-wage labour in Germany and the risks workers face of earning hourly wages that are below the minimum-wage or low-wage thresholds. To identify these characteristics, we use the Structure of Earnings Survey (SES) 2014. The SES is a mandatory survey of companies which provides information on wages and working hours from about 1 million jobs and nearly 70,000 companies from all industries. This data allows us to present the first systematic analysis of the interaction of individual-, company-, and industry-level factors on minimum- and low-wage working in Germany. Using a descriptive analysis, we first give an overview of typical low-paying jobs, companies, and industries. Second, we use random intercept-only models to estimate the explanatory power of the individual, company, and industry levels. One main finding is that the influence of individual characteristics on wage levels is often overstated: Less than 25 % of the differences in the employment situation regarding being employed in minimum-wage or low-wage jobs can be attributed to the individual level. Third, we performed logistic and linear regression estimations to assess the risks of having a minimum- or low-wage job and the distance between a worker’s actual earnings and the minimum- or low-wage thresholds. Our findings allow us to conclude that several determinants related to individuals appear to suggest a high low-wage incidence, but in fact lose their explanatory power once controls are added for factors relating to the companies or industries that employ these individuals.

Methodology for Exploratory Analysis of Latent Factors Influencing Drivers’ Behavior

2005 ◽  
Vol 1926 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlo Giacomo Prato ◽  
Shlomo Bekhor ◽  
Cristina Pronello
Keyword(s):  
Route Choice ◽  
Latent Factors ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Latent Constructs ◽  
Route Choice Behavior ◽  
Choice Context ◽  
Attitudinal Data ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Mind

In the context of route choice, modeling the process that generates the set of available alternatives in the mind of the individual is a complex and not fully explored issue. Route choice behavior is influenced by variables that are observable, such as travel time and cost, and unobservable, such as attitudes, perceptions, spatial abilities, and network knowledge. In this study, attitudinal data were collected with a web-based survey addressed to individuals who habitually drive from home to work. The paper proposes a methodology to conduct a proper application of factor analysis to the route choice context and describes the preparation of an appropriate data set through measures of internal consistency and sampling adequacy. The paper shows that, for the data set obtained from the web-based survey, six latent constructs affecting driver behavior were extracted and scores of each driver on each factor were calculated.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Appropriateness and Feasibility of the Reconnaissance Project Interview Questions and Measurements

1997 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Geok Lin Khor ◽  
Panata Migasena ◽  
Keyou Ge ◽  
Rainer Gross ◽  
Adriane Lacle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Food Intake ◽  
Health Status Assessment ◽  
Sampling Frame ◽  
Selection Procedures ◽  
Biological Variables ◽  
Status Assessment ◽  
Area Of Concern ◽  
The Individual

After the experiences at the individual sites during the Reconnaissance project had been presented in a plenary format, five groups were formed. Four of these groups examined the individual questions on the original questionnaire with specific attention to (1) nutritional status and biological variables, (2) food intake and food security variables, (3) health status assessment variables, and (4) lifestyle, socio-demographic, and social behaviour and practices variables. In this process, the groups identified items on the questionnaire that had been found, at one or another site, to be of doubtful appropriateness or feasibility. The area of concern of the fifth group was the sampling frame and selection procedures for sites and individuals within sites.

How candidate selection structures and genders political ambition: illustrations from Uruguay

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-78
Author(s):  
Cecilia Josefsson
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Informal Institutions ◽  
Candidate Selection ◽  
Political Ambition ◽  
Leadership Selection ◽  
Selection Procedures ◽  
Formal And Informal Institutions ◽  
Almost All

Men’s over-representation persists in almost all legislatures. This article engages with this problem by bringing together literature on the gendered nature of political parties and literature on the gender gap in political ambition to argue that candidate selection procedures structure the meaning and importance of political ambition. Exploiting the large variation in formal and informal institutions guiding candidate selection in Uruguay, I theorise and empirically explore how two of the most common ways to select legislative candidates worldwide – (1) primaries and (2) exclusive leadership selection – shape the meaning and importance of political ambition in diverging ways, with gendered effects.

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