Choosing your own Boss: Variations of Representation Foci in Mixed Electoral Systems

摘要: Members of parliament are privileged agents. They can choose who to regard as their principal: the entire nation, a particular electoral district or political party. Focusing on two countries with mixed systems, Romania and Hungary, article documents dominance logic role-formation over constraints legislative organisation influence socialisation. The focus representation is found be only modestly influenced by degree embeddedness MPs in structures hierarchies. association seat territorial unit, other hand, has robust effect even when this originates environment not formal rules. Finally, psychological losing Single Member District also how perceive representative role.