Author: Carol Mershon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521765838
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 239
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How much autonomy do elected politicians have to shape and reshape the party system on their own, without the direct involvement of voters in elections?
Author: Miki Caul Kittilson
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
ISBN: 0814210155
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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Author: Gary W. Copeland
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472082551
Category : Comparative government
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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A cross-national survey of how parliaments adapt to change
Author: Greg Power
Publisher: Inter-Parliamentary Union
ISBN: 929142532X
Category : Legislative bodies
Languages : en
Pages : 123
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Author: Peter Moray Andrew Mair
Publisher:
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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Author: Elisabetta De Giorgi
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317200012
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 259
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Democratic theory considers it fundamental for parties in government to be both responsive to their electorate and responsible to internal and international constraints. But recently these two roles have become more and more incompatible with Mair’s growing divide in European party systems between parties which claim to represent, but don’t deliver, and those which deliver, but are no longer seen to represent truer than ever. This book contains a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the behaviour of the opposition parties in eleven European democracies across Western and East Central Europe. Specifically, it investigates the parliamentary behaviour of the opposition parties, and shows that the party context is increasingly diverse. It demonstrates the emergence of two distinct types of opposition: one more cooperative, carried out by the mainstream parties (those with government aspirations), and one more adversarial focusing on government scrutiny rather than on policy alternatives (parties permanently excluded from power). It systematically and analytically explores the sources of their behaviour, whilst acknowledging that opposition is broader than its mere parliamentary behaviour. Finally, it considers the European agenda and the economic crisis as two possible intervening variables that might have an impact on the opposition parties’ behaviour and the government-opposition relations. As such, it responds to questions that are major concerns for the European democracies of the new millennium. This text will be of key interest to students and scholars of political parties, European politics, comparative politics and democracy.
Author: Marco Lisi
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351377647
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 315
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Party systems are crucial elements for the functioning of political systems and representative democracies. With several European countries experiencing significant changes recently, it is necessary to update our knowledge. This volume analyses party system changes in Europe in the 21st century by considering several dimensions such as interparty competition, the cleavage structure, electoral volatility and the emergence of new actors. The book describes the principal continuities and changes in party systems in Europe; analyzes the main explanations for these trends; and assesses the impact of the crisis on the patterns observed. By considering a wide range of Western and Eastern European countries, and focusing on the ‘parameters’ of party system change, this book seeks to fill an important gap in the literature through a comparative analysis of the evolution of party systems in Europe over the last decades. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of political parties, party systems and politics, electoral behavior as well as more broadly to European politics, comparative politics. political representation and the quality of democracies.
Author: W. Heller
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230622550
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
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Political parties and democratic politics go hand in hand. Since parties matter, it matters too when elected politicians change party affiliation. This book shows why, when, and to what effect politicians switch parties in pursuit of their goals, as constrained by institutions and in response to their environments.
Author: Sven-Oliver Proksch
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110707276X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 223
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This book explains how parties and their members of parliament structure parliamentary debate, providing novel insights into intra-party politics and representation.
Author: Csaba Nikolenyi
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 143849162X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 189
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This is the first book about the politics of party switching, or floor crossing, better known as "kalanterism" in Israeli politics. The Israeli parliament adopted legislation in 1991 that imposed penalties on parliamentary defectors. However, as the book documents, the effect of this legislation was extremely puzzling: the frequency of party switches has increased over time, and most switches have taken the form of party splits making Israeli legislative parties increasingly less cohesive and united. Building on evidence from parliamentary debates, committee records and contemporary journalistic accounts, author Csaba Nikolenyi shows that notwithstanding these unexpected consequences, the Israeli anti-defection legislation proved to be an important tool that governments could use to divide their opposition and shore up their often fragile parliamentary base of support.
