TY - BOOK ID - 49455590 TI - Career behaviour and the European Parliament : all roads lead through Brussels? PY - 2015 SN - 0191784974 PB - Oxford : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - European Parliament. KW - Politicians KW - Career development KW - European Union countries KW - Politics and government. KW - Career advancement KW - Career ladder KW - Career management KW - Career planning KW - Development, Career KW - Development, Professional KW - Employee development KW - Organizational career development KW - Professional development KW - Personnel management KW - Vocational guidance KW - Statesmen KW - European Communities. Parliament UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:49455590 AB - This study presents an institutional theory for career behaviour in the European Parliament (EP). By focusing on the professional ambition of members of the EP (MEPs), the study presents a rigorous analysis of the powerful multinational legislature from within - problematising the link between institutional change and individual action, as evidenced in the career paths taken by MEPs. The study has implications for the nexus of institutional change and the behaviour of the political elite, broadly, as well as the study of representative democracy in the EU, specifically. ER -