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Abstract
In this research note we examine the impacts of legislators' age on their representational behavior in Hong Kong by conducting content analyses of the questions raised by members of the Hong Kong legislature (LegCo) at the plenary meetings from 1998 to 2016. We explore whether young legislators were more likely than older legislators to represent youth interests. Our results show that legislators' age did not significantly affect their representational behavior. We propose three factors of this null finding. The first concerns the relatively low voter turnout among young people in Hong Kong. The second is related to the career incentives of legislators in authoritarian legislature. The last factor is the political affiliation of young legislators in Hong Kong.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 270-282 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Japanese Journal of Political Science |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 8 Jun 2022 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by Research Grants Council of Hong Kong [General Research Fund (grant number LU13600618)] 1
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press.
Keywords
- Age representation
- identity politics
- political representation
- representational behavior
- substantive representation
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