The global# MeToo movement exposed the prevalence of sexual harassment across
countries, in diverse contexts, and within institutions; including the supposedly gender …

Over the last 20 years, the political dynamics in EU legislative policy-making have
fundamentally changed as trilogues have become the major forum for legislative …

Little is known about the staff who support MPs in their work. The literature suggests that
these staff serve different important roles in democratic systems. This article compares the …

Although the position of the party on the ground has been weakened by cartelization,
grassroots activists remain an important recruitment pool for political professionals. Based …

Women are underrepresented within political institutions, which can (negatively) impact
policy outcomes. We examine women's descriptive representation as politically appointed …

The international# MeToo campaign against sexual harassment constitutes the most
prominent contemporary campaign against sexual harassment worldwide. It exposed the …

Parliamentarians receive public funding to employ local staff in the constituency. Local staff
help members of parliament to execute their representative duties, but can also become an …

This study analyses professional policy experts in political parties. While recent studies have
described the characteristics of 'unelected politicians', the drivers for their emergence and …

This paper offers a novel perspective on the benefits provided by the rotation of
administrators within legislative systems, by exploring the Committee Secretariat (CS) of the …

This article examines whether political professionalization causes attitudinal incongruence
within political parties. In this first of a kind study, the internal opinion structure of five Belgian …