Abstracts
Résumé
Nous tentons de situer le capital politique dans le contexte québécois en mesurant ses conséquences parlementaires chez les élu.e.s de l’Assemblée nationale qui ont siégé depuis 2003. Pour mesurer les conséquences parlementaires du capital politique, nous étudions principalement l’impact de deux facteurs – l’expérience politique antérieure des élu.e.s à d’autres paliers gouvernementaux et les liens familiaux – sur l’accès à différents postes parlementaires d’importance. Deux séries de modèles de régression sont présentées. La première série analyse l’accession aux fonctions parlementaires des députés tout au long de leur carrière législative, alors que la seconde reprend les variables de la première série en les appliquant uniquement aux recrues parlementaires. Nous concluons que le capital politique ne peut jouer un rôle dans la carrière législative d’un individu que dans certains contextes très spécifiques. Les liens familiaux n’ont pas d’impact sur l’accès aux postes législatifs, alors que l’expérience politique fédérale ou provinciale a un léger effet positif si l’on considère l’ensemble de la carrière des élu.e.s. L’expérience politique locale (municipale ou scolaire) a des effets négatifs significatifs sur les chances d’accéder à différentes fonctions parlementaires.
Mots-clés:
- capital politique,
- fonctions parlementaires,
- carrières parlementaires,
- dynasties politiques,
- représentation politique,
- Québec
Abstract
We attempt to situate political capital in the Quebec context by measuring its parliamentary consequences among elected members of the National Assembly who have served since 2003. To measure the parliamentary consequences of political capital, we mainly study the impact of two factors—previous political experience of elected officials at other levels of government, and family ties—on access to various important parliamentary positions. Two sets of regression models are presented. The first set analyzes the accession to parliamentary office of MPs throughout their legislative career, while the second set replicates the variables of the first set, applying them only to parliamentary recruits. We conclude that political capital can only play a role in an individual’s legislative career in certain very specific contexts. Family ties have no impact on access to legislative positions, while federal or provincial political experience has a slight positive effect when considering the entire career of elected officials. Local political experience (municipal or school) has significant negative effects on the chances of accessing different parliamentary positions.
Keywords:
- political capital,
- parliamentary functions,
- parliamentary careers,
- political dynasties,
- political representation,
- Quebec
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