El parachutage al Parlament britànic: una primera aproximació (2001-2019)
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Aquest article investiga la dimensió territorial del reclutament de les elits parlamentàries al Regne Unit. En concret, se centra en els diputats nascuts fora del seu districte —els anomenats «diputats imposats»— durant el període 2001-2019. Malgrat la demanda social de candidats locals, el parachutage és lluny de desaparèixer. Aquesta contradicció estructural de la política britànica mereix tota la nostra atenció. Però, qui són aquests diputats? Fent una anàlisi descriptiva, s’explora l’evolució temporal del fenomen, l’origen territorial dels diputats imposats, els seus partits de referència, el seu arrelament, la seva proximitat al poder executiu, el seu gènere i la seva edat, mitjançant una base de dades pròpia. Els resultats apunten cap a un fenomen estable en el temps i concentrat al centre i l’est d’Anglaterra. En aquests casos, l’adscripció partidista i la proximitat al poder executiu són essencials per a aquests paracaigudistes, majoritàriament londinencs, escocesos i estrangers. Aquests factors són essencials per aconseguir un ancoratge territorial que faciliti la seva reelecció.
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Parlament, parlamentaris, reclutament, diputat imposat, elitReferències
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