Political Parties and Legislative Party Switching

ISBN-13: 9781349374250 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 316 str.

William Heller; Carol Mershon; W. Heller

Spis treści

Preface List of Tables and Figures PART I:THE IMPORTANCE OF PARTY SWITCHING Introduction: Legislative Party Switching, Parties, and Party Systems; W.B.Heller  & C.Mershon Integrating Theoretical and Empirical Models of Party Switching; W.B.Heller & C.Mershon PART II: PARTY SWITCHING AND REPRESENTATION Switching Equilibria; N.Schofield Party Switching and the Procedural Party Agenda in the US House of Representatives; T.P.Nokken Party Switching in Brazil: Causes, Effects, and Representation; S.Desposato PART THREE: PARTY SWITCHING, PARTY COMPETITION, AND POLICY MAKING Party Group Switching in the European Parliament; G.McElroy  & K.Benoit Legislator Preferences, Party Desires: Party Switching and the Foundations of Policy Making in Legislatures; W.B.Heller & C.Mershon Timing Matters: Incentives for Party Switching and Stages of Parliamentary Cycles; C.Mershon  & O.Shvetsova PART FOUR: PARTY SWITCHING AND THE DYNAMICS OF PARTY SYSTEMS Competition for Power: Party Switching and Party System Change in Japan; J.Kato  & K.Yamamoto Party Switching, Party Systems, and Political Representation; M.Kreuzer  & V.Pettai Conclusions; W.B.Heller & C.Mershon Notes References Contributors Index

O autorze

WILLIAM P. HELLER is Associate Professor of Political Science, Binghamton University, USA.
CAROL MERSHON is Associate Professor, Department of Politics, University of Virginia, USA.