Outputs (19)

Unpacking the European Commission: Cabinet Composition and EU Policy-Making (2024)
Journal Article
Daniel, W. T., & Hurka, S. (2024). Unpacking the European Commission: Cabinet Composition and EU Policy-Making. Journal of Common Market Studies, https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13678

We examine bureaucratic politics within the European Commission, using novel data on the backgrounds of individual members of Commissioners' cabinets. Although cabinet composition has become increasingly regulated in recent decades, its selection rem... Read More about Unpacking the European Commission: Cabinet Composition and EU Policy-Making.

Individual drivers of toxicity in radical right-wing populist legislative campaigns (2024)
Journal Article
Daniel, W. T., Frelin, E., Robert, M.-V., & Rowley-Abel, L. (2025). Individual drivers of toxicity in radical right-wing populist legislative campaigns. West European Politics, 48(3), 590-617. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2024.2311040

Most studies of political rhetoric examine only political leadership or treat parties as unified actors. However, what happens where electoral systems incentivise candidates to diverge from stated party messaging during campaigns? This article uses n... Read More about Individual drivers of toxicity in radical right-wing populist legislative campaigns.

Quotas as Game Changers for the Recruitment, Selection, and Performance of Elected Politicians (2024)
Book
Aldrich, A., & DANIEL, W. Quotas as Game Changers for the Recruitment, Selection, and Performance of Elected Politicians. Oxford University Press (OUP)

Gender Quota Adoption and the Qualifications of Parliamentarians (2024)
Journal Article
Aldrich, A. S., & Daniel, W. T. (2024). Gender Quota Adoption and the Qualifications of Parliamentarians. Journal of Politics, 86(2), 798–803. https://doi.org/10.1086/727603

Gender quotas in legislative elections are a central component of institutional reform to foster women’s inclusion in politics. However, stigma remains that women elected under quotas may be of lower quality than the men that they replace. We investi... Read More about Gender Quota Adoption and the Qualifications of Parliamentarians.

Assessing the Impact of Membership Turnover on Constituent Views of the European Parliament (2021)
Book Chapter
Daniel, W., & Metzger, S. (2021). Assessing the Impact of Membership Turnover on Constituent Views of the European Parliament. In J. A. Scherpereel (Ed.), Personnel Turnover and the Legitimacy of the EU (35-58). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60052-5_2

This chapter examines the attitudinal dimension of input legitimacy in the EU. It investigates the relationship between personnel turnover in the European Parliament (EP) and citizens’ attitudes toward the EP since the start of direct elections in 19... Read More about Assessing the Impact of Membership Turnover on Constituent Views of the European Parliament.

Individual amending activity in the European Parliament committee system (2021)
Journal Article
Daniel, W. T., & Thierse, S. (2022). Individual amending activity in the European Parliament committee system. Journal of European Integration / Revue d'Intégration Européenne, 44(4), 531-550. https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2021.1950704

Individual amendments at the committee stage offer Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) a valuable tool to change legislation, prior to its passage at the plenary stage. And until a recent rule change, they were also one of the last meaningful w... Read More about Individual amending activity in the European Parliament committee system.

Locating gendered representation in European Union Member States (2020)
Book Chapter
Daniel, W., & Aldrich, A. (2020). Locating gendered representation in European Union Member States. In P. J. Cardwell, & M.-P. Granger (Eds.), Research Handbook on the Politics of EU Law (126-143). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788971287.00016

While the EU does not set specific legal requirements for its member states’ electoral systems, it is perhaps one of the world’s best learning laboratories for comparing the effects of electoral design. The EU is also, in many ways, a leader in the p... Read More about Locating gendered representation in European Union Member States.

Reaching out to the voter? Campaigning on Twitter during the 2019 European elections (2020)
Journal Article
Daniel, W. T., & Obholzer, L. (2020). Reaching out to the voter? Campaigning on Twitter during the 2019 European elections. Research and Politics, 7(2), Article 2053168020917256. https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168020917256

This article draws upon the literature on comparative political institutions in order to re-examine the logic of Twitter usage during campaign periods, now that social media has become a standard tool that is used across the political spectrum. We te... Read More about Reaching out to the voter? Campaigning on Twitter during the 2019 European elections.

Assessing the Impact of MEP Careers on National Political Parties in Europe (2020)
Book Chapter
Daniel, W. (2020). Assessing the Impact of MEP Careers on National Political Parties in Europe. In The European Union and Beyond: Multi-Level Governance, Institutions, and Policy-Making. Rowman & Littlefield

The Consequences of Quotas: Assessing the Effect of Varied Gender Quotas on Legislator Experience in the European Parliament (2019)
Journal Article
Aldrich, A. S., & Daniel, W. T. (2019). The Consequences of Quotas: Assessing the Effect of Varied Gender Quotas on Legislator Experience in the European Parliament. Politics and Gender, 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743923X19000291

Copyright © The Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association 2019. This article explores the consequences of quotas on the level of diversity observed in legislators' professional and political experience. We exam... Read More about The Consequences of Quotas: Assessing the Effect of Varied Gender Quotas on Legislator Experience in the European Parliament.