Kontinuität oder Wandel? Wahlrechtsreformen und das österreichische Parlament, 1861–1918

Autor: Franz Adlgasser
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Parliaments, Estates and Representation. 25:149-166
ISSN: 1947-248X
0260-6755
DOI: 10.1080/02606755.2005.9522214
Popis: SUMMARY CONTINUITY OR CHANGE? ELECTION REFORM AND THE AUSTRIAN PARLIAMENT, 1861–1918 As a step towards a collective biography of the house of representatives of the Austrian parliament, Franz Adlgasser's article looks at the changes in the social make-up of its members caused by the election reforms of 1873, 1885, 1895 and 1907. It analyses the level of renewal (the percentage of re-elected parliamentarians as against newcomers), the age structure, and the representation of certain occupational groups within the house. Although the average entry age of parliamentarians fell from 46.5 years in 1861 to 43.5 years in 1911, there is no significant relationship between this development and the election reforms. While in normal elections the percentage of newcomers elected to the house stayed at about 30 per cent, these numbers increased significantly in the reform elections of 1873, 1895 and especially 1907, when this percentage more than doubled. At the same time, the dominant occupational groups of the old H...
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