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Gender Quotas as Game Changers for the Recruitment, Selection, and Performance of Elected Politicians (2025)
Book
Aldrich, A., & Daniel, W. (2025). Gender Quotas as Game Changers for the Recruitment, Selection, and Performance of Elected Politicians. Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/9780198946878.001.0001

Academic scholarship indicates that gender quotas can help to attain equal representation for men and women in elected office, yet less is known about what else they achieve. As moments of positive disruption, the implementation of gender quotas acts... Read More about Gender Quotas as Game Changers for the Recruitment, Selection, and Performance of Elected Politicians.

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.

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.

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.

Determinants of moonlighting in the European Parliament (2018)
Journal Article
Hurka, S., Daniel, W. T., & Obholzer, L. (2018). Determinants of moonlighting in the European Parliament. Journal of Legislative Studies, 24(1), 127-147. https://doi.org/10.1080/13572334.2018.1444630

In recent years, several national parliaments have introduced stricter rules for the disclosure of additional sources of income earned by their legislators. In this context of better data availability, the phenomenon of ‘moonlighting’ politicians (le... Read More about Determinants of moonlighting in the European Parliament.

Within or between jobs? Determinants of membership volatility in the European Parliament, 1979–2014 (2018)
Journal Article
Daniel, W. T., & Metzger, S. K. (2018). Within or between jobs? Determinants of membership volatility in the European Parliament, 1979–2014. Journal of Legislative Studies, 24(1), 90-108. https://doi.org/10.1080/13572334.2018.1444628

This paper uses duration analysis to model determinants of early exit for all members of the European Parliament (MEPs), 1979–2014, and compares this with existing accounts of between-session turnover in the EP. The notable diversity present in the n... Read More about Within or between jobs? Determinants of membership volatility in the European Parliament, 1979–2014.

Static and dynamic incentives for Twitter usage in the European Parliament (2017)
Journal Article
Daniel, W. T., Obholzer, L., & Hurka, S. (2019). Static and dynamic incentives for Twitter usage in the European Parliament. Party Politics, 25(6), 771-781. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068817747755

In this article, we examine the static and dynamic factors that explain the use of the Twitter social media platform by all active Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) during the Fall and Winter of 2015–2016. Our analysis demonstrates that MEPs... Read More about Static and dynamic incentives for Twitter usage in the European Parliament.

Individual Determinants for the Selection of Group Coordinators in the European Parliament (2017)
Journal Article
Daniel, W. T., & Thierse, S. (2018). Individual Determinants for the Selection of Group Coordinators in the European Parliament. Journal of Common Market Studies, 56(4), 939-954. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.12690

© 2017 University Association for Contemporary European Studies and John Wiley & Sons Ltd Group coordinators are part of a highly influential circle of members of the European Parliament (MEPs). However, there is only scant knowledge about the powe... Read More about Individual Determinants for the Selection of Group Coordinators in the European Parliament.

When time is money: sideline jobs, ancillary income and legislative effort (2017)
Journal Article
Hurka, S., Obholzer, L., & Daniel, W. T. (2018). When time is money: sideline jobs, ancillary income and legislative effort. Journal of European Public Policy, 25(5), 651-669. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2017.1285341

Moonlighting, the pursuit of (paid or unpaid) sideline jobs by democratically elected politicians, regularly evokes public outcry. This study provides an empirical test of the claim that moonlighting goes hand-in-hand with a lower degree of parliamen... Read More about When time is money: sideline jobs, ancillary income and legislative effort.

First-order contests for second-order parties? Differentiated candidate nomination strategies in European Parliament elections (2016)
Journal Article
Daniel, W. T. (2016). First-order contests for second-order parties? Differentiated candidate nomination strategies in European Parliament elections. Journal of European Integration / Revue d'Intégration Européenne, 38(7), 807-822. https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2016.1200569

This article examines an alternative logic for candidate renomination to the European Parliament (EP), based upon the size and ideological nature of a Member of the European Parliament’s (MEP’s) home party, as well as timing of EP elections. I derive... Read More about First-order contests for second-order parties? Differentiated candidate nomination strategies in European Parliament elections.

Career Behaviour and the European Parliament: All Roads Lead Through Brussels? (2015)
Book
Daniel, W. T. (2015). Career Behaviour and the European Parliament: All Roads Lead Through Brussels?. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198716402.001.0001

This book presents an institutional theory for career behaviour in the European Parliament (EP). By focusing on the professional ambition of members of the EP (MEPs), the study presents a rigorous analysis of the powerful multinational legislature fr... Read More about Career Behaviour and the European Parliament: All Roads Lead Through Brussels?.

When the Agent Knows Better than the Principal: The Effect of Education and Seniority on European Parliament Rapporteur Assignment: When the agent knows better than the principal (2013)
Journal Article
Daniel, W. T. (2013). When the Agent Knows Better than the Principal: The Effect of Education and Seniority on European Parliament Rapporteur Assignment: When the agent knows better than the principal. Journal of Common Market Studies, 51(5), 832-848. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.12028

This article examines the assignment of legislative rapporteurships to Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). Original data sources are used to test the assumption that committee reports are routinely awarded to MEPs with higher levels of educati... Read More about When the Agent Knows Better than the Principal: The Effect of Education and Seniority on European Parliament Rapporteur Assignment: When the agent knows better than the principal.