Balancing Costs of Legislative Party Switching in the Danish Parliament 1953–2015

Nielsen, Marie Kaldahl; Andersen, Ann Møgeltoft; Pedersen, Helene Helboe

doi:10.1093/pa/gsx078

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“…This is not the case in new democracies, where fluctuation among the political elite is not triggered by an unstable electorate. Last, the findings join existing studies (Klein, 2018; Nielsen et al, 2018) and give rise to questions about the perceived misrepresentation of party switching. The article suggests that representatives who change their party affiliation might reflect voters’ will to a much greater extent than usually claimed.…”

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Explaining legislative party switching in advanced and new democracies

Klein

2019

Party Politics

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The phenomenon of legislative party switching has attracted considerable attention among scholars. Studies show that parties are likely to experience defections if they are unable to offer their legislators electoral, office and policy benefits. While often deemed a symptom of a weakly institutionalized party system, switching may also be frequent in established democracies. Yet, surprisingly, we have no empirical evidence to help us understand whether party benefits that drive switchers are different in established democracies and new democracies. I argue that parties that fail to provide their members with re-election prospects or government access are likely to witness switching only in new democracies. In advanced democracies, switching is likely to be associated with ideological identity and policy motives. The statistical analysis of party switching across 25 European advanced and post-communist democracies confirms my expectations.

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Explaining legislative party switching in advanced and new democracies

Klein

2019

Party Politics

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“…With a large number of members, defection of a member of parliament against the party without leaving their seats can change the balance of power in the parliament without even involving democratic elections, also though the determination of the composition of forces in parliament must always involve the people [32].…”

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Switching Party and Anti-Defection Law: Implementation and Impact on Democracy in Indonesia

Faizal¹,

Syam²

2019

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This analysis purposes to provide an overview of the legal framework regarding the transfer of membership of political parties in Indonesia and its impact on the realm of democracy. This study uses qualitative-normative research methods by examining library materials or secondary data, as well as primary and secondary legal materials. The study uses the four approaches namely statute approach, conceptual approach, comparative approach, and historical approach. The results of this study indicate that the ban was carried out by giving recall rights to political parties to revoke their membership in parliament and replace it with other members. The high impact is to maintain the stability of government both the legislature and the executive while the adverse effect is the hostility of strong democracy when there is a difference between the will of the constituents and the interests of the party.

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“…So, they theorize that party discipline has a curvilinear relationship with switching. Similarly, Nielsen et al (2019) observe that defection could help check the excesses and highhandedness of party leaders, forcing them to take on board the concerns of the electorate and those of their members simultaneously. Nielsen et al (ibid.…”

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Waka waka politician: what are the drivers of party switching in Nigeria?

Agboga

2023

Africa

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Most existing literature on the causes of party switching both in Africa and around the world is built on tenuous empirical foundations. The question of why members of parliament (MPs) switch parties has hardly been asked directly either to the MPs themselves or to everyday voters. While MPs could lie or give more favourable accounts that suit their interests, putting this question to them could uncover other crucial factors that have fallen through the cracks in previous theorizations. This article takes a triangulation approach by drawing from the viewpoints of researchers, voters and MPs themselves to give a more holistic picture of the drivers of party defection. Through a combination of a nationwide representative survey and elite and key informant interviews, I situate the trend of party switching in Nigeria within broader comparative literature on the subject, showing how Nigeria conforms and deviates from existing conceptualizations of party switching around the world. I find evidence of interactions between formal and personal drivers of party switching in Nigeria. I also discover that while a majority of Nigerian voters are suspicious of defectors, defectors point accusing fingers at the lack of internal democracy within political parties, thereby exposing an issue not adequately addressed in existing literature.

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Balancing Costs of Legislative Party Switching in the Danish Parliament 1953–2015

Abstract: This is the accepted manuscript (post-print version) of the article.Contentwise, the post-print version is identical to the final published version, but there may be differences in typography and layout.

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Explaining legislative party switching in advanced and new democracies

Explaining legislative party switching in advanced and new democracies

Switching Party and Anti-Defection Law: Implementation and Impact on Democracy in Indonesia

Waka waka politician: what are the drivers of party switching in Nigeria?

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