LEADER 04324nam 22007212 450 001 9910452465903321 005 20151005020623.0 010 $a1-139-89013-1 010 $a1-107-24091-3 010 $a1-107-25063-3 010 $a1-107-56960-5 010 $a1-107-24814-0 010 $a1-107-24980-5 010 $a0-511-98290-9 010 $a1-107-24731-4 010 $a1-107-24897-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000001115119 035 $a(EBL)1357561 035 $a(OCoLC)857365009 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000983519 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12467120 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000983519 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11011115 035 $a(PQKB)11125221 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511982903 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1357561 035 $a(PPN)186424817 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1357561 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10753000 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL515421 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001115119 100 $a20101018d2013|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aParty System Change in Legislatures Worldwide $eMoving Outside the Electoral Arena /$fCarol Mershon, Olga Shvetsova$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 222 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-76583-8 311 $a1-299-84170-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tList of figures --$tList of tables --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$gPart one. The prospect of party system change between elections --$tThe phenomenon of party and party system change --$tHow parliamentary party system change matters for policy --$tWhy and how individual incumbents change legislative party systems --$gPart two. Discerning mechanisms through case studies --$tLegislators' pursuit of benefits and legislative party system change --$tAvoidance of electoral costs and stability in parliamentary parties --$gPart three. Generalizing in a broader empirical setting --$tSetting up the analysis of one hundred and ten parliaments --$tInstitutional inducements and preference-based deterrents to legislative party system change --$tComparative statistics : where our assumptions may not apply --$tConclusions --$gBibliography --$tParliamentary records --$tNewspapers and periodicals --$tOther primary and secondary sources --$tAppendixes --$tAuthor Index --$tSubject index. 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aParty affiliation$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aPolitical parties$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aLegislators$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aLegislative bodies$vCross-cultural studies 615 0$aParty affiliation 615 0$aPolitical parties 615 0$aLegislators 615 0$aLegislative bodies 676 $a328.3/69 700 $aMershon$b Carol$0262562 702 $aShvetsova$b Olga$g(Olga Vitalievna), 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452465903321 996 $aParty System Change in Legislatures Worldwide$92467947 997 $aUNINA