Replication Data for: Political ambition and opposition legislative review: Bill scrutiny as an intra-party signalling device
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| Title: | Replication Data for: Political ambition and opposition legislative review: Bill scrutiny as an intra-party signalling device |
| Date: | 19 November 2023 |
| Creator: | Behrens, Lion |
| Divisions: | Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences- CDSS (Social Sciences) School of Social Sciences > Politische Wissenschaft, Quantitative Sozialwissenschaftliche Methoden (Gschwend 2007-) |
| DDC Classification: |
320 Political science |
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| Abstract: | Recent research on executive–legislative relations in parliamentary democracies has shown that members of majority parties submit amendments to government bills to police the coalition compromise and to distinguish themselves from their coalition partners. It is poorly understood, however, what motivates members of the opposition to engage in the resource-intensive work of proposing changes to government bills. Not only are amendment proposals by the opposition often unsuccessful (lack of policy motivation), they are largely invisible to the electorate (lack of vote motivation). We argue that amendments by the opposition are best understood as reflecting office motivations of legislators. Ambitious legislators draft amendments to signal skill and expertise to their party peers, which is rewarded with promotions to higher office. We confirm our argument with original data from a German state parliament. The findings further our understanding of legislative review, individual legislative efforts and career trajectories. (English) |
| External Identifier for Data: | https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/VMSLWF |
| URL: | https://madata.bib.uni-mannheim.de/757/ |
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| Access (Controlled): | Only Metadata |
| License (Controlled): | Creative Commons: CC0 | Universal 1.0 (recommended) |
| Related Publication(s) in MADOC: | Behrens, Lion und Nyhuis, Dominic und Gschwend, Thomas (2023), Political ambition and opposition legislative review: Bill scrutiny as an intra-party signalling device |
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| Date Deposited: | 17 Apr 2026 12:52 |
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| Last Modified: | 17 Apr 2026 12:52 |
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