Christopher J. Kam (Vancouver University of British Columbia)

Party Discipline and Parliamentary Politics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The decline of partisanship among voters has strengthened incentives for MPs to act independently of their parties and made it harder for party leaders to maintain discipline within their parties. This book studies the underlying structure of party unity and examines the interaction and contention between party leaders and MPs.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 448g
• ISBN-13: 9781107402690
• ISBN-10: 1107402697
• Artikelnr.: 33875870

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. A model of intra-party politics
3. Patterns of backbench dissent in four Westminster parliamentary systems, 1945-2005
4. Policy preferences and backbench dissent in Great Britain and Canada
5. Dissent, constituency service, and the personal vote in Great Britain and New Zealand
6. The cost of dissent to the party
7. Demotion and dissent in the Canadian Liberal Party, 1991-7
8. Discipline and dissent in the Australian Coalition, 1996-8
9. Career trajectories, socialization, and backbench dissent in the British House of Commons
10. Conclusion
Appendix 1. Comparative statics and proofs
Appendix 2. Content and construction of ideological scales
Appendix 3. Sampling and coding of media dissent and discipline
Appendix 4. Demotion and the parliamentary careers of Canadian MPs
References
Index.