Political Parties and Legislative Party Switching
Title | Political Parties and Legislative Party Switching PDF eBook |
Author | W. Heller |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 2009-06-22 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0230622550 |
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.
The Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies
Title | The Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies PDF eBook |
Author | Shane Martin |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 785 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0199653011 |
Legislatures are arguably the most important political institution in modern democracies. The Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies, written by some of the most distinguished legislative scholars in political science, provides a comprehensive and up-to-date description and critical assessment of the state of the art in this key area.
Crossing the Aisle
Title | Crossing the Aisle PDF eBook |
Author | Antoine Yoshinaka |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 283 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1107115892 |
This book is the first systematic study of the causes and consequences of legislative party switching in the US. It provides a sophisticated analysis combining quantitative data from Congress and state legislatures with elite interviews with switchers, non-switchers, and a party leader, including a 'real time' look into the decision.
From Party Politics to Personalized Politics?
Title | From Party Politics to Personalized Politics? PDF eBook |
Author | Gideon Rahat |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 350 |
Release | 2018-06-13 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0192535439 |
What do Beppe Grillo, Silvio Berlusconi, Emmanuel Macron (and also Donald Trump) have in common? They are prime examples of the personalization of politics and the decline of political parties. This volume systematically examines these two prominent developments in contemporary democratic politics and the relationship between them. It presents a cross-national comparative comparison that covers around 50 years in 26 democracies through the use of more than 20 indicators. It offers the most comprehensive comparative cross-national estimation of the variance in the levels and patterns of party change and political personalization among countries to date, using existing works as well injecting fresh cross-national comparative data. In the case of party change, it offers an analysis that extends beyond the dichotomous debate of party decline versus party adaptation. In the matter of political personalization, the emphasis on variance helps in bridging between the high theoretical expectations and disappointing empirical findings. As for the theoretically sound linkage between the two phenomena, not only is this the first study to comprise a comprehensive cross-national examination, but it also proposes a more nuanced understanding of this relationship. Comparative Politics is a series for researchers, teachers, and students of political science that deals with contemporary government and politics. Global in scope, books in the series are characterised by a stress on comparative analysis and strong methodological rigour. The series is published in association with the European Consortium for Political Research. For more information visit: www.ecprnet.eu. The series is edited by Emilie van Haute, Professor of Political Science, Université libre de Bruxelles; Ferdinand Müller-Rommel, Director of the Center for the Study of Democracy, Leuphana University; and Susan Scarrow, John and Rebecca Moores Professor of Political Science, University of Houston.
Party Discipline in the U.S. House of Representatives
Title | Party Discipline in the U.S. House of Representatives PDF eBook |
Author | Kathryn Pearson |
Publisher | University of Michigan Press |
Pages | 225 |
Release | 2015-08-06 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0472119613 |
A breakthrough study that looks at the disciplinary measures which party leaders employ to command loyalty from members
Political Parties, Parliaments and Legislative Speechmaking
Title | Political Parties, Parliaments and Legislative Speechmaking PDF eBook |
Author | H. Bäck |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2016-03-24 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9781137484543 |
In analysing speeches made by legislators, this book provides theoretical and empirical answers to questions such as: Why do some Members of Parliament (MPs) take the parliamentary floor and speak more than others, and why do some MPs deviate more than others from the ideological position of their party? The authors evaluate their hypotheses on legislative speechmaking by considering parliamentary debates in seven European democracies: Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Norway and Sweden. Assuming that MPs are concerned with policy-making, career advancement, and re-election, the book discusses various incentives to taking the floor, and elaborates on the role of gender and psychological incentives in speechmaking. The authors test our expectations on a novel dataset that covers information on the number of speeches held by MPs and on the ideological positions MPs adopted when delivering a speech.
The Parties Versus the People
Title | The Parties Versus the People PDF eBook |
Author | Mickey Edwards |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 250 |
Release | 2012-08-22 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0300186029 |
“An urgent and engaging look at how American politics have become the founding fathers’ worst nightmare” (The Daily Beast). America’s political system is dysfunctional. We know it, yet the problem seems intractable—after every election, voters discover yet again that political “leaders” are simply quarreling in a never-ending battle between the two warring tribes. As a former congressman, Mickey Edwards witnessed firsthand how important legislative battles can devolve into struggles not over principle but over party advantage. He offers graphic examples of how this problem has intensified and reveals how political battles have become nothing more than conflicts between party machines. In this critically important book, he identifies exactly how our political and governing systems reward intransigence, discourage compromise, and undermine our democracy—and describes exactly what must be done to banish the negative effects of partisan warfare from our political system and renew American democracy. “Overcoming tribalism and knee-jerk partisanship is the central challenge of our time. Mickey Edwards shows why and how in this fascinating book filled with sensible suggestions.” —Walter Isaacson, New York Times–bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci “Many Americans, whether Democrats, Republicans, independent or otherwise, would welcome a few more like [Edwards] in office.” —The Boston Globe