David C.W. Parker is an associate professor of Political Science at Manitoba State University. He studies legislatures, with a particular focus on how legislators craft representational styles as well as the process of legislative oversight. He is the author of Battle for the Big Sky: Representation and the Politics of Place in the Race for the US Senate (2014) and The Power of Money in Congressional Campaigns, 1880 - 2006 (2008). His published research on the Scottish Parliament examines the consequences of the mixed-member proportional electoral system on whether and how MSPs build a personal vote and how partisan branding dominates MSP willingness to participate in First Minister's Questions and the type of questions they ask.
Parker provDavid C.W. Parker is an associate professor of Political Science at Manitoba State University. He studies legislatures, with a particular focus on how legislators craft representational styles as well as the process of legislative oversight. He is the author of Battle for the Big Sky: Representation and the Politics of Place in the Race for the US Senate (2014) and The Power of Money in Congressional Campaigns, 1880 - 2006 (2008). His published research on the Scottish Parliament examines the consequences of the mixed-member proportional electoral system on whether and how MSPs build a personal vote and how partisan branding dominates MSP willingness to participate in First Minister's Questions and the type of questions they ask.
Parker provides frequent media commentary for state and national news outlets on American and British politics, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, NPR's Morning Edition, PBs's Front Line, and the Sundance award-winning Dark Money....more