We examine how connections shaped transitional justice during France’s post-WWIIdemocratic transition. Parliamentarians who had supported the Vichy regime faced atwo-stage purge process involving two
We demonstrate that personal connections amongst politicians have a significant impact on the voting behavior of U.S. politicians. Networks based on alumni connections between politicians, as well as
Position network of the incumbents in the Berlin House of Representatives during the 8th and 9th election period (1979 and 1981). Topics: sociometric data for the members of...
Our data comprises thirty personal networks that belong to people affiliated to a local branch of a newly created and rising star Romanian parliamentary political party. Data collection process was pe
We present a model of the U.S. Congress in which social connections among Congress members are endogenous and matter for their legislative activity. We propose a novel equilibrium concept for the netw