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Party System Change in Legislatures Worldwide

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  • Mershon,Carol
  • Shvetsova,Olga

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In this book, Carol Mershon and Olga Shvetsova explore one of the central questions in democratic politics: 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? Mershon and Shvetsova's theory focuses on the choices of party membership made by legislators while serving in office. It identifies the inducements and impediments to legislators' changes of partisan affiliation, and integrates strategic and institutional approaches to the study of parties and party systems. With empirical analyses comparing nine countries that differ in electoral laws, territorial governance and executive-legislative relations, Mershon and Shvetsova find that strategic incumbents have the capacity to reconfigure the party system as established in elections. Representatives are motivated to bring about change by opportunities arising during the parliamentary term, and are deterred from doing so by the elemental democratic practice of elections.

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  • Mershon,Carol & Shvetsova,Olga, 2013. "Party System Change in Legislatures Worldwide," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521765831.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:cbooks:9780521765831
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    1. Aaron R Martin, 2021. "Party group collapse and strategic switching in the European Parliament," European Union Politics, , vol. 22(3), pages 521-544, September.
    2. K.K. Kailash & Balveer Arora, 2016. "Federal Coalitions in India: Strategic Calculations and Revolving-door Partners," Studies in Indian Politics, , vol. 4(1), pages 63-76, June.
    3. Daniele, Gianmarco & Galletta, Sergio & Geys, Benny, 2020. "Abandon ship? Party brands and politicians' responses to a political scandal," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 184(C).
    4. Csaba Nikolenyi, 2019. "Party Switching in Israel: Understanding the Split of the Labor Party in 2011," Contemporary Review of the Middle East, , vol. 6(3-4), pages 408-422, September.
    5. Carol Mershon & Olga Shvetsova, 2014. "Change in parliamentary party systems and policy outcomes: Hunting the core," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 26(2), pages 331-351, April.

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