Constituency representation as crisis leadership: Understanding the potential of policy, service, and symbolic connection-building in response to disasters.
In this paper, I investigate how Members of Parliaments' (MPs) performance of the important job of connecting constituents to the representative system prepares them for the uncertainty and disruption caused by crises like fires, droughts or Covid-19. I contribute to understandings of the adaptabili...
| Publicado en: | Parliamentary Affairs Vol. 79; no. 3; pp. 606 - 630 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jul2026
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