Political careers: a cohort analysis

我们国会议员的工作对我们所有人的生活都有影响。一个消息灵通的公民应该密切了解这项工作的性质和从事这项工作的人。这项研究将提供这一机会。知情的理解可能会鼓励对政客更大的尊重，以及对他们在政治上能取得什么成就的更现实的期望。对于那些有志于从政的人来说，这项全面的研究将详细说明他们打算学习的课程的潜力和局限性。议会和社会变革的分析人士将受益于社会史上的这一案例研究。

The work of our MPs has influential effects on the lives of all of us. An informed citizenry deserves to have a close understanding of the nature of that work and of the people who undertake it. This research will provide that opportunity. Informed understanding could encourage greater esteem for politicians and more realistic expectations of what they can achieve in politics. For those aspiring to political careers, this comprehensive study will detail the potentials and the limitations of their intended course. Analysts of parliament and of social change will benefit from this case study in social history.