01275pab a2200193 454500008004000000100002200040245008600062260000900148300001500157362000800172520066800180650001600848650001400864650001700878773005100895909001100946999001900957952010500976180718b2017   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aSvallfors, Stefan  aMost MPs are not all that sharp: political employees and representative democracy  c2017  ap.548-558.  aJun  aThe article analyses the orientations of political employees in Sweden. It finds that their roles are diffuse: there is no agreement among political employees about whether they are politicians or not, and their mandate is fleeting and unclear. They hold the average politician's intellectual abilities in low regard, and sometimes take on clearly paternalistic views toward elected representatives. They see little attraction in pursuing a career as elected politicians, because of intrusive media scrutiny and since they hold a view of elected politics as slow, boring, and shallow. The professional route to politics is seen as more fast and fun. - Reproduced.  aPoliticians  aDemocracy  aLegislatures  aInternational Journal of Public Administration  a115344  c115338d115338  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 40, Issue no: 7pAR115804r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR