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Record Nr.

UNINA9910682555203321

Autore

Carrizosa Andrés Manuel

Titolo

Skewing Chaos : The Role of Political Parties in Paraguay's Legislature / / by Andrés Manuel Carrizosa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

9783031186257

9783031186240

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 pages)

Collana

Springer Series in Electoral Politics, , 2524-8111

Disciplina

328.3

328.892

Soggetti

Elections

Legislation

Comparative government

Public policy

Electoral Politics

Legislative Politics

Comparative Politics

Agenda Setting

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. The Potential Causes of Legislative Stability -- 3. Preference-Induced Equilibriums I: Weak Ideologies Promote Chaos -- 4. Preference-Induced Equilibriums II: Electoral Incentives Promote Chaos -- 5. Structure-Induced Equilibriums: Weak Agenda-Setting Powers Promote Chaos -- 6. Nondictatorship: Paraguay's Weak Executive Promotes Chaos -- 7. Conclusions: Chaos Exists in Paraguay -- 8. What and Who Parties are for -- 9. Paraguayan Party Formation: Coalition-Building Among Narrow-Interest Groups -- 10. The Expected Effects of Parties on Legislative Outcomes -- 11. A Theory of Fractious Parties -- 12. Skewing Chaos: Partisan Benets Without Legislative Stability -- 13. Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

This monograph discusses the role of political parties in Paraguay’s legislature. Using Paraguay as a case study, the author analyzes the



phenomenon of legislative chaos. While chaos has been expected to exist in legislatures since at least 1785, this phenomenon has not been observable in real-world legislatures for much of history. By showing that chaos exists in Paraguay, and by then proposing a way to incorporate chaos into existing legislative theories, this volume creates a model that is more generalizable to different legislative contexts than what currently exists. Providing a robust theoretical contribution to the study of both legislative politics and Paraguay’s political system, this book will appeal to researchers and students studying legislative behavior and Latin American politics. .